| Thomas Moore, John Francis Waller - Irish poetry - 1879 - 572 pages
...thee from the shore. Rebellion ! foul, dishonouring word, Whose wrongful blight so oft has stain' d The holiest cause that tongue or sword Of mortal ever lost or gain'd. How many a spirit, born to bless, Hath sunk beneath that with'ring name, Whom bnt a day's, an hour's success Had wafted... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1879 - 50 pages
...an Alien in his own land. " Rebellion ! foul, dishonouring word, Whose wrongful blight so oft ha» stain'd The holiest cause that tongue or sword Of mortal ever lost or gain'd ! " It would be well to inquire if there be any of the descendants of these brothers living in America.... | |
| James Burke - 1879 - 276 pages
...THE NAME OF REBELLION'. Rebellion I foul, dishonouring word, Whose wrongful blight so oft has stained The holiest cause that tongue or sword Of mortal ever lost or gained. How many a spirit, born to bless, Has sunk beneath that withering name, Whom but a day's, an... | |
| Andrew James Symington - Literary Criticism - 1880 - 284 pages
...have thrown; Here — ere the winds half wingtt thee o'er — Rebellion brav'd thee from the shore. Rebellion! foul, dishonouring word, Whose wrongful...Of mortal ever lost or gain'd. How many a spirit, born to bless, Hath sunk beneath that withering name, Whom but a day's, an hour's success Had wafted... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1880 - 642 pages
...thee from the shore. Rebellion ! foul, dishonouring word, Whose wrongful, blight so oft has stained The holiest cause that tongue or sword Of mortal ever lost or gained. How many a spirit born to bless Hath sunk beneath that withering name, * TheTalpot or Talipot... | |
| Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1881 - 738 pages
...meaning the high classes. -ni ''. s /- i i- i . Aaron, !)- J. NI. 84. Rebellion ! foul dishonour,ng word, Whose wrongful blight so oft has stain'd The...cause that tongue or sword Of mortal ever lost or gain d ! Plow many a spirit born to bless Hath sunk beneath that withering name, Whom but a day's,... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1881 - 900 pages
...thee from the shore. Rebellion ! foul, dishonouring word. Whose wrongful blight so oft has Btain'd The holiest cause that tongue or sword Of mortal ever lost or gain'd. How many a spirit, born to bless. Hath sunk beneath that withering name. Whom but a day's, an hour's success Had wafted... | |
| Mary Anne Sadlier - 1882 - 400 pages
...ETC. Rcbelliou ! foul, dishonouring woid, Whose wrongful blight so oft has stain'd The holiest causo that tongue or sword Of mortal, ever lost or gain'd. How many a spirit born to bless, Hath sunk beneath its withering name ; Whom but a day's, an hour's success, Bad wafted... | |
| Robert Kidd - Elocution - 1883 - 518 pages
...desert of the mind, The waste of feelings unemployed. —Pope. REBELLION. REBELLION! foul, dishonoring word, Whose wrongful blight so oft has stain'd The...sword Of mortal ever lost or gain'd! How many a spirit born to bless Hath sunk beneath that withering name, Whom but a day's, an hour's success, Had wafted... | |
| Robert Kidd - Elocution - 1883 - 518 pages
...desert of the mind, The waste of feelings unemployed. — Byron. REBELLION. REBELLION! foul, dishonoring word, Whose wrongful blight so oft has stain'd The...sword Of mortal ever lost or gain'd! How many a spirit born to bless Hath sunk beneath that withering name, Whom but a day's, an hour's success, Had wafted... | |
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