 I had a son — one only, One loved as my life, Thy hand has left me lonely, In that accursed strife. I pledged my word to save thee Until the storm should cease, I keep the pledge I gave thee — Arise, and go in peace!  Tales of My Neighborhood - Page 150by Gerald Griffin - 1836Full view - About this book
 | sir Charles Gavan Duffy - 1845 - 262 pages
...covert where he lay— " Arise!" he said, " all danger Is gone and past away ! " I had a son—one only, One loved as my life, Thy hand has left me lonely,...peace!" The stranger soon departed, From that unhappy vale ; The father, broken-hearted, Lay brooding o'er that tale. Full twenty summers after To silver... | |
 | 1855 - 1416 pages
...righted stranger, In covert where he lay— " Aiise 1" he said, " all danger Is gone and past away I *!I had a son— one only, * One loved as my life, Thy hand has k'ft me lonely, In that accursed strife. I pledged my word to save thee. Until the storm should cease,... | |
 | Gerald Griffin - 1857 - 412 pages
...Upon the track amain, And leave the childless father Aghast with sudden pain. He seeks the righted stranger In covert where he lay — " Arise !" he...storm should cease ; I keep the pledge I gave thee — EC. The stranger soon departed From that unhappy vale ; The father, broken-hearted, Lay brooding... | |
 | Sir Charles Gavan Duffy - 1861 - 264 pages
...righted strang/r. In covert where he lay— " Arise 1 " he said, " all danger Is gone and past away I " I had a son — one only, One loved as my life, Thy hand has left me lonely. I pledged my word to «av« tboc Until the storm should ce&*o> I keep the pledge I gave tiice— >... | |
 | 1872 - 514 pages
...frighted stranger, in covert where he lay — "Arise!" he said, "all danger is gone and passed away ! " I had a son — one only, one loved as my life, Thy...peace!" The stranger soon departed from that unhappy vale; The father, broken-hearted, lay brooding o'er that tale. Full twenty summers after to silver... | |
 | George Walter Baynham - 1873 - 344 pages
...righted stranger in covert where he lay — " Arise!" he said, " all danger is gone and passed away ! I had a son — one only, one loved as my life, Thy...hand has left me lonely, in that accursed strife. 1 pledged my wbrd to save thee until the storm should cease, I keep the pledge I gave thee — arise,... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1879 - 556 pages
...righted stranger in covert where he lay — " Arise !" he said, " all danger is gone and passed away ! " I had a son — one only, one loved as my life, Thy...the pledge I gave thee — arise, and go in peace I" The stranger soon departed from that unhappy vale ; The father, broken-hearted, lay brooding o'er... | |
 | Gleanings - 1882 - 548 pages
...righted stranger in covert where he lay— "Arise!" he said, "all danger is gone and passed away ! I had a son — one only, one loved as my life, Thy...keep the pledge I gave thee— arise, and go in peace ! " ORANGE AND GEEEN. 297 The stranger soon departed from that unhappy vale; The father, broken-hearted,... | |
 | Gems - 1884 - 408 pages
...righted stranger in covert where he lay — "Arise!" he said, "all danger is gone and passed away! " I had a son — one only, one loved as my life, Thy...peace ! " The stranger soon departed from that unhappy vale ; The father, broken-hearted, lay brooding o'er the tale. Full twenty summers after to silver... | |
 | Charles MacCarthy Collins - 1885 - 350 pages
...righted stranger, In covert where he lay ; ' Arise !' he said ; ' all danger Is gone and past away ! ' I had a son, one only, One loved as my life ; Thy...peace !' The stranger soon departed From that unhappy vale ; The father, broken-hearted, Lay brooding o'er that tale. Full twenty summers after To silver... | |
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