...in a song, as distinct from a pure poetical composition, contain also the true boast of his life. ' Dear harp of my country ! in darkness I found thee,...island harp, I unbound thee, And gave all thy chords to love, freedom, and song ! The warm lay of love, and the light note of gladness, Have waken'd thy fondest,...

...Every drop we sprinkle O'er the brow of Care Smooths away a wrinkle. t • DEAR HARP OF MY COUNTRY. DEAR Harp of my Country ! in darkness I found thee, The cold chain of silence nad hung o'er thee long*, When proudly, my own Island Harp, I unbound thee, And gave all thy chords...

...NCV/ PUBLIC LIBRARY 14795HA TIMBM FOONBATlOtJS I (oar Harp ot my Country ! in darkness I found i her, The cold chain of silence had hung o'er thee long,...own Island Harp! I unbound thee, And gave all thy cords to light, freedom and song! The warm lay of love and the light note of gladness Have waken'd...

...proudly, my own Island Harp, I unhound thee, And gave all thy ehords to light, freedom, and song I The warm lay of love and the light note of gladness Have wakeu'd thy fondest, thy liveliest thrill ; But sO oft hast thou eeho'd the deep sigh of sadness, That...

...fair ! Every drop we sprinkle O'er the brow of Care Smooths away a wrinkle. DEAR HASP OF MY COUNTRY. DEAR Harp of my Country ! in darkness I found thee,...The cold chain of silence had hung o'er thee long,* [thee, When proudly, my own Island Harp, I unbound And gave all thy chords to light, freedom, and song!...

...cold chain of silence had hung o'er thee long,* [thee, When proudly, my own Island Harp, I unbound And gave all thy chords to light, freedom, and song!...fondest, thy liveliest thrill ; But, so oft hast thou echo'd the deep sigh of sadness, [still. That ev'n in thy mirth it will steal from thee * In that rebellious...

...drop we sprinkle O'er the brow of Care Smooths away a wrinkle. 107 DEAR HARP OF MY COUNTRY. "T\EAR Harp of my Country ! in darkness I found thee, The cold chain of silence had hung o'er thee long,1 When proudly, my own Island Harp, I unbound thee, And gave all thy chords to light, freedom,...

...others knelt to heaven ! " DEAR HARP OP MY COUNTRY. DEAR Harp of my Country ! in darkness I found tb.ee> The cold chain of silence had hung o'er thee long,...I unbound thee, And gave all thy chords to light, /reedom, and song! The warm lay of love and the light note of gladness Have waken'd thy fondest, thy...

...beautifully Moore has adopted this image in his farewell to the harp, in the well known lines — " Dear Harp of my Country ! in darkness I found thee,...And gave all thy chords to light, freedom, and song ! " As George Withers improved on an idea of Sir Walter Kaleigh, alluded to in another part of this...

...Country ! in darkness I found thee, The eold ehain of silenee had hung o'er thee And gave nil thy ehords to light, freedom, and song ! The warm lay of love...fondest, thy liveliest thrill ; But, so oft hast thou eeho'd the deep-sigh of sadness, That e'en in thy mirth it will steal from thee still. Dear Harp of...