The Falcon Family; Or, Young Ireland: In One Volume..Chapman and Hall, 1845 - 348 pages |
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... Song . MR . FALCON SEES BEYOND HIS NOSE - MRS . FALCON SEES FURTHER- LES ENFANS PERDUS - DINNER AND LUNCHEON ARRANGEMENTS- THE GIPSY ON THE SIN OF INGRATITUDE - CHEAP LESSONS IN DRAW- ING MRS . FALCON'S IDEA OF PLUTARCH'S LIVES - A ...
... Song . MR . FALCON SEES BEYOND HIS NOSE - MRS . FALCON SEES FURTHER- LES ENFANS PERDUS - DINNER AND LUNCHEON ARRANGEMENTS- THE GIPSY ON THE SIN OF INGRATITUDE - CHEAP LESSONS IN DRAW- ING MRS . FALCON'S IDEA OF PLUTARCH'S LIVES - A ...
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... song . However , the fowls seem to be safe enough under the protection of her Majesty's little public , by whom they are carefully nourished , in fair weather , with biscuits and gingerbread ; unbirdlike diet , of which the swans that ...
... song . However , the fowls seem to be safe enough under the protection of her Majesty's little public , by whom they are carefully nourished , in fair weather , with biscuits and gingerbread ; unbirdlike diet , of which the swans that ...
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... Song of Young Ireland : " Spirit of the Nation . " MR . CHARLES BOMPAS'S CHAMBERS IN THE TEMPLE - IRISH STUDENTS AT BUSINESS - DESCENT OF MAC MORRIS FROM A SHAKSPEARIAN HERO - SHAKSPEARE'S DISHONESTY WITH RESPECT TO JACK CADE— IRISH ...
... Song of Young Ireland : " Spirit of the Nation . " MR . CHARLES BOMPAS'S CHAMBERS IN THE TEMPLE - IRISH STUDENTS AT BUSINESS - DESCENT OF MAC MORRIS FROM A SHAKSPEARIAN HERO - SHAKSPEARE'S DISHONESTY WITH RESPECT TO JACK CADE— IRISH ...
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... song just at present . Poetry and politics seem in Ireland to be con- vertible terms . Your poets are politicians , and your politicians poets . " " So it is , and so it ought to be , " said the other , " it is the politician's business ...
... song just at present . Poetry and politics seem in Ireland to be con- vertible terms . Your poets are politicians , and your politicians poets . " " So it is , and so it ought to be , " said the other , " it is the politician's business ...
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... song . But talking of names , my friend's father has got one still stranger than even Tiger- nach ; what do you think of Shane Mc Ever - Boy Mac Morris ? His friends call him Ever - Boy for brevity , although the most of them have time ...
... song . But talking of names , my friend's father has got one still stranger than even Tiger- nach ; what do you think of Shane Mc Ever - Boy Mac Morris ? His friends call him Ever - Boy for brevity , although the most of them have time ...
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acquaintance amongst Amyrald asked bards beauty Bompas Brehon Brehon law called Caravat Celt Celtic CHAPTER charming Chatworth colour Connaught Connemara cried Crispin daugh daughter dear dine dinner Dominick Moore dreamed Dublin emerald Emily Falcon England English exclaimed extravagance eyes fair fancy Freeman Gilbertine gipsy gipsy's girl glybbe Goslyn green hair Hall of Clamour hand heard Heptarchy hero Hurly O'Burly Irish John Crozier lady looked Lord Lodore Lucy Mac Flecknoe Mac Morris Miss Crozier Miss Falcon Miss Spriggs monastic Monk Moonshine Moore's never O'Harper party Paulina Peregrine Falcon perhaps poetry political Portland-place principle Puseyitical recollect replied Moore Ronald's saffron Saxon Scythian Shane shirt Skiddaw song spirit Stonehenge sweet thing thought Tierna Tigernach Mac Morris tion to-morrow Verdaunt Vernon Sharpe Vincent Mac Morris voice wild Young England Young Ireland young Mac Morris
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Page 191 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And,— when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Page 96 - em. SONG. Who is Silvia ? what is she, That all our swains commend her ? Holy, fair, and wise is she ; The heavens such grace did lend her, That she might admired be.
Page 150 - Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
Page 302 - A maiden never bold ; Of spirit so still and quiet, that her motion Blush'd at herself...
Page 292 - Hail, old patrician trees, so great and good! Hail, ye plebeian under-wood ! Where the poetic birds rejoice, And for their quiet nests and plenteous food Pay, with their grateful voice. Hail, the poor Muses...
Page 168 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath. That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Page 328 - How shouldst thou, fair lady, love me, Whom thou know'st thy country's foe? Thy fair words make me suspect thee: Serpents lie where flowers grow.
Page 334 - Till the Ledaean stars, so famed for love, Wonder'd at us from above! We spent them not in toys, in lusts, or wine; But search of deep philosophy, Wit, eloquence, and poetry — Arts which I loved, for they, my friend, were thine.
Page 16 - ... needles out of work-boxes with a magnet of amazing virtue, which he always carried in his waistcoat pocket. In a word, he was the darling of the darlings; secured the nurseries first, and there planted the artillery with which he often carried the dining-room ; which was, of course, the mam point.
Page 120 - Oh, blessed vision ! happy child ! Thou art so exquisitely wild : I think of thee with many fears Of what may be thy lot in future years. I thought of times when Pain might be thy guest, Lord of thy house and hospitality. And Grief, uneasy lover ! never rest But when she sat within the touch of thee.