| Thomas Moore - 1872 - 514 pages
...stay,— When did morning ever break, And find such beaming eyes awake As those that sparkle here? harp that once through Tara's halls The soul of music shed, Now hangs as mute on Tara'a walls, As if that soul were fled. — Bo sleeps the pride of former days, So glory's thrill... | |
| Thomas Nicolas Burke - 1872 - 436 pages
...It seemed as if the last star in the tirmanent of Ireland's bards had set. It seemed indeed as if " The harp that once through Tara's halls, The soul of music shed Now hung as mute on Tara's walls As if that soul were fled." But that star of Ireland's song, Tom Moore,... | |
| Thomas Nicolas Burke - 1872 - 646 pages
...It seemed as if the last star in the firmament of Irelafid's bards had set. It seemed indeed as if " The harp that once through Tara's halls, The soul of music shed, Now hung as mute on Tara's walls As if that soul were fled." But that star of Ireland's song, Tom Moore,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 584 pages
...weep for the maiden wh'. sleeps in this wave. MOORE. THE HARP THAT ONCE THROUGH TARA'S HALLS. TIIE harp that once through Tara's halls The soul of music...soul were fled. So sleeps the pride of former days, And hearts that once beat high for So glory's thrill is o'er, praise Now feel that pulse no more! No... | |
| Oliver Optic - 1874 - 372 pages
...located. Moore, the Irish poet, sings the fallen fortunes of the place in the wellknown lines : — ' The harp that once through Tara's halls The soul of...as mute on Tara's walls As if that soul were fled.' Brian Boroimhe, when Ireland was again invaded by the Danes, instigated by the King of Leinster, fought... | |
| Great Britain - 1874 - 256 pages
...Dublin. It has been immortalized by .Moore, in one of his Irish Melodiea: " The harp that once thro' Tara's halls The soul of music shed, Now hangs as mute on Tara's walls As if that soul were fled." ' Clontarf.— A town 3 miles northeast of Dublin, on the northern shore of Dublin Bay. Brian Boru... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 584 pages
...chieftain who died on that mountain, They'll weep for the maiden who sleeps in this wave. 3I oo KB. THE HARP THAT ONCE THROUGH TARA'S HALLS. THE harp...as mute on Tara's walls As if that soul were fled. highlands. So sleeps -the pride of former days, So glory's thrill is o'er, And hearts that once beat... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 pages
...that are over, Thus, sighing, look through the waves of time For the long-faded glories they cover ! THE HARP THAT ONCE THROUGH TARA'S HALLS. THE harp...The soul of music shed, Now hangs as mute on Tara's walla As if that soul were fled. So sleeps the pride of former days, So glory's thrill is o'er, And... | |
| England - 1876 - 326 pages
...Dublin. It has been immortalized by Moore, in one of his Irish Melodies: — " The harp that once thro' Tara's halls The soul of music shed, Now hangs as mute on Tara's walls As if that soul were fled." 2 Clontarf. — A town 3 milea northeast of Dublin, on the northern shore of Dublin Bay. Brian Boru... | |
| Rossiter Johnson - 1876 - 828 pages
...long keep his memory green in our souls. THE HARP THAT ONCE THROUGH TARA'S HALLS. Al»— Oramachrei. eauty: Minds are of supernal birth, Let as make a heaven of earth. Close and closer then we walla As if that soul were fled. So sleeps the pride of former days, So glory's thrill is o'er, And... | |
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