The New Ireland Review, Nide 6

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New Ireland Review Office, 1897
 

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Sivu 278 - tis weary; Round its staff 'tis drooping dreary; Furl it, fold it, it is best; For there's not a man to wave it, And there's not a sword to save it, And there's not one left to lave it In the blood which heroes gave it; And its foes now scorn and brave it; Furl it, hide it— let it rest!
Sivu 278 - tis tattered; Broken is its staff and shattered; And the valiant hosts are scattered Over whom it floated high. Oh! 'tis hard for us to fold it; Hard to think there's none to hold it; Hard that those who once unrolled it Now must furl it with a sigh.
Sivu 229 - glad tidings " that there exists a Being in whom all the excellences which the highest human mind can conceive, exist in a degree inconceivable to us, I am informed that the world is ruled by a being whose attributes are infinite, but what they are we cannot learn, nor what are the principles of his government, except that " the highest human morality which we are capable of conceiving " does not sanction them ; convince me of it, and I will bear my fate as I may.
Sivu 229 - I will bear my fate as I may. But when I am told that I must believe this, and at the same time call this Being by the names which express and affirm the highest human morality, I say in plain terms that I will not. Whatever power such a Being may have over me, there is one thiug which he shall not.
Sivu 281 - Valley of Silence — Down the dim, voiceless valley — alone! And I hear not the fall of a footstep Around me, save God's and my own ; A.nd the hush of my heart is as holy As hovers where angels have flown...
Sivu 58 - Scotch are much handsomer; and that the English are great lovers of themselves, and of everything belonging to them; they think that there are no other men than themselves, and no other world but England; and whenever they see a handsome foreigner, they say that "he looks like an Englishman...
Sivu 358 - Though learn'd, well-bred, and though well-bred, sincere: Modestly bold, and humanly severe ; Who to a friend his faults can freely show, And gladly praise the merit of a foe...
Sivu 364 - It is no exaggeration to say that they compose the most perfect manual in our literature, or in any literature, for one who approaches the study of public affairs, whether for knowledge or for practice.
Sivu 49 - not slow and harsh, but lively and rapid, while the melody " is both sweet and sprightly. It is astonishing that in so
Sivu 276 - He fell in the front before it. Firm as the firmest, where duty led, He hurried without a falter; Bold as the boldest he fought and bled, And the day was won — but the field was red — And the blood of his fresh young heart was shed On his country's hallowed altar.

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