The Ridpath library of universal literatureA biographical and bibliographical summary of the world's most eminent authors . kern ?Or, most and worst, fraternal feud,Which sad lerne long hath rued ?Forsook ye, when the Geraldine,Great chieftain of a glorious haunted on his hills and slain,And, one to France and one to Spain,The remnant of the race withdrew ?Was it from anarchy ye fierce oppressions bigot crew,AVild complaint, and menace , misleading voices, loud and coarse? Come back, O birds, or come at last!For Irelands furious days are past ;And, purged of enmi
The Ridpath library of universal literatureA biographical and bibliographical summary of the world's most eminent authors . kern ?Or, most and worst, fraternal feud,Which sad lerne long hath rued ?Forsook ye, when the Geraldine,Great chieftain of a glorious haunted on his hills and slain,And, one to France and one to Spain,The remnant of the race withdrew ?Was it from anarchy ye fierce oppressions bigot crew,AVild complaint, and menace , misleading voices, loud and coarse? Come back, O birds, or come at last!For Irelands furious days are past ;And, purged of enmity and wrong,Her eye, her step, grow calm and strong^. 372 WILLIAM ALLINGHAM Why should we miss that pure delight?Brief is the journey, swift the flight;And Hesper finds no fairer maidsIn Spanish bowers or English glades,No loves more true on any shore,No lovers loving music Erin, warm of you ; stay not then apart,But bid the merles and throstles know(And ere another May-time go)Their place is in the second to the west, dear nightingales!The rose and myrtle bloom in Irish ALLSTON, Washington, an American painterand author, born at Waccamaw, S. C, November5, 1779; died at Cambridge, Mass., July 9, entered Harvard College in 1796, and after-ward began the study of medicine, which hesoon abandoned for art. He went to London,where he became intimate with his countryman,Benjamin West, then President of the RoyalAcademy. In 1804 he proceeded to Rome, wherehe remained several years, finally returning toAmerica in 1809. Two years after he again visitedEurope, and gained the prize of two hundredguineas offered by the British Institution. In1819, after having been chosen an Associate of theRoyal Academy, he took up his permanent resi-dence at Cambridge, Mass., devoting himself toart and letters. He is best known as a painter,the subjects of most of his pictures being drawnfrom the Old Testament. He was for many yearsengaged upon a gr
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