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... Irish Air , succeeded by a lively one . ) Blest notes of mirth ! ye spring from sorrow's lay , Like the sweet vesper of the bird that sings In the bright sunset of an April day , While the cold shower yet hangs upon his wings . Long may ...
... Irish Air , succeeded by a lively one . ) Blest notes of mirth ! ye spring from sorrow's lay , Like the sweet vesper of the bird that sings In the bright sunset of an April day , While the cold shower yet hangs upon his wings . Long may ...
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Thomas Moore. Long may the Irish heart repeat An echo to those lively strains ; And when the stranger's ear shall meet That melody on distant plains , Oh ! he will feel his soul expand With grateful warmth , and , sighing , say— Thus ...
Thomas Moore. Long may the Irish heart repeat An echo to those lively strains ; And when the stranger's ear shall meet That melody on distant plains , Oh ! he will feel his soul expand With grateful warmth , and , sighing , say— Thus ...
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... , Is the pride of thus dying for thee . * These words allude to a story in an old Irish manu- script , which is too long and too melancholy to be in- serted here . FLY NOT YET . AIR- " Planxty Kelly . ” 112 MELODIES .
... , Is the pride of thus dying for thee . * These words allude to a story in an old Irish manu- script , which is too long and too melancholy to be in- serted here . FLY NOT YET . AIR- " Planxty Kelly . ” 112 MELODIES .
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... Irish , whereby all persons were re- strained from being shorn or shaven above the ears , or from wearing Glibbes , or Coulins , ( long locks , ) on their heads , or hair on the upper lip , called Crommeal . On this occasion a song was ...
... Irish , whereby all persons were re- strained from being shorn or shaven above the ears , or from wearing Glibbes , or Coulins , ( long locks , ) on their heads , or hair on the upper lip , called Crommeal . On this occasion a song was ...
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... Irish * character which it is my object to preserve throughout this work , to allude to that sad and ominous fatality , by which England has been deprived of so many great and good men , at a moment when she most requires all the aids ...
... Irish * character which it is my object to preserve throughout this work , to allude to that sad and ominous fatality , by which England has been deprived of so many great and good men , at a moment when she most requires all the aids ...
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