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IRISH SONGS AND LYRICS 165 |
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The words of love then spoken ;
The eyes that shone,
Now dimmed and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken !
Thus in the stilly night, Ere slumber's chain has bound me,
Sad memory brings the light Of other days around me.
When I remember all
The friends, so linked together, I've seen around me fall
Like leaves in wintry weather, I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet-hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed ! Thus in the stilly night,
Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Sad memory brings the light Of other days around me.
RICH AND RARE WERE THE GEMS SHE WORE1
RICH and rare were the gems she wore, And a bright gold ring on her wand she bore; But, O her beauty was far beyond Her sparkling gems or snow-white wand.
1 This ballad is founded upon the following anecdote : " The people were inspired with such a spirit of honor, virtue, and re- |
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