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OF IRELAND. 97
Hark ! hear that fearful warning,
There's death in every tone —
Oh, save my life till morning,
And heav'n prolong your own ! "
The Orange heart was melted
In pity to the green ;
He heard the tale and felt it,
His very soul within.
"Dread not that angry warning,
Though death be in its tone —
I'll save your life till morning.
Or I will lose my own."
Now, round his lowly dwelling
The angry torrent press'd,
A hundred voices swelling,
The Orangeman address'd —
' * Arise, arise, and follow
The chase along the plain 1
In yonder stony hollow
Your only son is slain ! "
With rising shouts they gather
Upon the track amain,
And leave the childless father
Aghast with sudden pain.
He seeks the righted stranger,
In covert where he lay —
" Arise 1 " he said, "all danger
Is gone and past away !
" I had a son — one only,
One loved as my life,
Thy hand has left me lonely,
In that accursed strife.
I
Hark ! hear that fearful warning,
There's death in every tone —
Oh, save my life till morning,
And heav'n prolong your own ! "
The Orange heart was melted
In pity to the green ;
He heard the tale and felt it,
His very soul within.
"Dread not that angry warning,
Though death be in its tone —
I'll save your life till morning.
Or I will lose my own."
Now, round his lowly dwelling
The angry torrent press'd,
A hundred voices swelling,
The Orangeman address'd —
' * Arise, arise, and follow
The chase along the plain 1
In yonder stony hollow
Your only son is slain ! "
With rising shouts they gather
Upon the track amain,
And leave the childless father
Aghast with sudden pain.
He seeks the righted stranger,
In covert where he lay —
" Arise 1 " he said, "all danger
Is gone and past away !
" I had a son — one only,
One loved as my life,
Thy hand has left me lonely,
In that accursed strife.
I
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| Special collections of printed music > Glen Collection of printed music > Printed text > Composite volume > Ballad poetry of Ireland > (271) Page 97 |
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| Description | Edited by Charles Gavan Duffy. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.74(3) |
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| Description | Containing The spirit of the nation [Poems] and The spirit of the nation. Part 2. Being a second series of political songs and national ballads and The ballad poetry of Ireland |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.74(1-3) |
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| Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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