. Literature, art and song: Moore's melodies and American poems; . ^® WHjS one of those dreams, that by music are brought,Like a bright summer haze, oer the poets warm thought-When, lost ia the future, his soul wanders on,And all of this life, but its sweetness, is gone. The wild notes he heard oer the water were thoseHe had taught to sing Erins dark bondage and woes,And the breath of the bugle now wafted them oerFrom Dinis green isle, to Glenas wooded shore. // He listend—while, high oer the eagles rude nest, { The lingering sounds on their way loved to rest; And the echoes sung back from the

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. Literature, art and song: Moore's melodies and American poems; . ^® WHjS one of those dreams, that by music are brought,Like a bright summer haze, oer the poets warm thought-When, lost ia the future, his soul wanders on,And all of this life, but its sweetness, is gone. The wild notes he heard oer the water were thoseHe had taught to sing Erins dark bondage and woes,And the breath of the bugle now wafted them oerFrom Dinis green isle, to Glenas wooded shore. // He listend—while, high oer the eagles rude nest, { The lingering sounds on their way loved to rest; And the echoes sung back from their full mountain if loth to let song so enchanting expire. It seemd as if evry sweet note, that died again brought to life in some airier sphere,Some heavn in those hills, where the soul of the strainThat had ceased upon earth was awaking again

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