. Literature, art and song: Moore's melodies and American poems; . ^ememto thee ? yes, while theres Hfe in this heart,It shall never forget thee, all lorn as thou art;More clear in thy sorrow, thy gloom, and thy showers,Than the rest of the world in their sunniest hours. Wert thou all that I wish thee, great, glorious and free,First flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea,I might hail thee with prouder, with happier brow,But oh! could I love thee more deeply than now ? No, thy chains as they rankle, thy blood as it runs,But make thee more painfully dear to thy sons—Vv^hose hearts, like t
. Literature, art and song: Moore's melodies and American poems; . ^ememto thee ? yes, while theres Hfe in this heart,It shall never forget thee, all lorn as thou art;More clear in thy sorrow, thy gloom, and thy showers,Than the rest of the world in their sunniest hours. Wert thou all that I wish thee, great, glorious and free,First flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea,I might hail thee with prouder, with happier brow,But oh! could I love thee more deeply than now ? No, thy chains as they rankle, thy blood as it runs,But make thee more painfully dear to thy sons—Vv^hose hearts, like the young of the desert-birds love in each life-drop that flows from thy breast.
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