| Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1839 - 348 pàgines
...thine island arose at thy line, And to wish for her welfare is wishing for thine. ' Dear harp of my country, in darkness I found thee, The cold chain...And gave all thy chords to light, freedom, and song. If the heart of the patriot, soldier, or lover, Have throbbed at thy song, 'twas thy glory alone ;... | |
| 1840 - 378 pàgines
...mother, bends, ' With love's true instinct,- back to thee f DIAR HARP OP MT COUNTRY. DEAR harp of my country ! in darkness I found thee ; The cold chain...light note of gladness Have waken'd thy fondest, thy loveliest thrill ; But, so oft hast thou echoed the deep sigh of sadness, That even in thy mirth it... | |
| 1840 - 368 pàgines
...back to thee ! DEAR HARP or MY COONTRr. DEAR harp of my country ! in darkness I found thee ; The qold chain of silence had hung o'er thee long, When proudly,...light note of gladness Have waken'd thy fondest, thy loveliest thrill ; But, so oft hast thou echoed the deep sigh of sadness, That even in thy mirth it... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1841 - 396 pàgines
...sprinkle O'er the brow of Care Smooths away a wrinkle. III. AA DEAR HARP OF MY COUNTRY. DEAR Harp of my Country ! in darkness I found thee, The cold chain...gladness Have waken'd thy fondest, thy liveliest thrill ; But, so oft hast thou echo'd the deep sigh of sadness, That ev'n in thy mirth it will steal from... | |
| John Wilson - 1842 - 360 pàgines
...his country to verse, which, if not immortal, is very pleasing and very popular. " Dear Harp of my Country ! in darkness I found thee, The cold chain...When proudly, my own Island Harp! I unbound thee, Have waken'd thy fondest, thy liveliest thrill; But so oft hast thou echo'd the deep note of sadness,... | |
| Richard Robert Madden - 1842 - 472 pàgines
...those exquisite lines of his, at the close of the fifth number of his Melodies : — " Dear harp of my country, in darkness I found thee, The cold chain of silence had hung o'er thee long." In a note to that piece, whose numbers "most musical, most melancholy," would alone be sufficient to... | |
| 1845 - 386 pàgines
...guest, To the home of thy mother, the Land of the Blest." DEAR HARP OF MY COUNTRY. DEAR Harp of my Country ! in darkness I found thee ; The cold chain...gladness Have waken'd thy fondest, thy liveliest thrill ; But, so oft hast thou echoed the deep sigh of sadness, That even in thy mirth it will steal from... | |
| Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1846 - 350 pàgines
...flowers of genius still blooming amid the gloom of her distress. Well may he sing — " Dear harp of my country ! in darkness I found thee ! The cold chain...And gave all thy chords to light, freedom and song !" ROGERS. SUCH a quiet attribute as taste is not very efficient at a period like the present. And... | |
| Henry Riddell Montgomery - 1846 - 242 pàgines
...The reader will recollect Moore's beautiful allusion to this custom:— " Dear harp of my country 1 in darkness I found thee. The cold chain of silence...gave all thy chords to light, freedom, and song." t Walker-1 Hist. Menu., p. 44. recited extempore, on the occasion*" of this memorable contest:— ODE... | |
| Archibald M'Sparran - 1846 - 252 pàgines
...the public. ARCHIBALD M'SPARRAN. July 1st, 1846. Dear harp of my country in darkness I found then, The cold chain of silence had hung o'er thee long,...Island harp I unbound thee, And gave all thy chords to wild freedom and song : The warm notes of love, and the light ones of gladness, Have wakened thy warmest... | |
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