The Celt, Volume 1, Issues 1-4John O'Daly., 1857 - Irish literature |
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... night winds blow , There in that time - worn cloister , Where faith ever lives like a nun , Ever clasping the hands of past ages , The past and the present as one , There knelt down the group of brown pea- sants , To pray at the Saint's ...
... night winds blow , There in that time - worn cloister , Where faith ever lives like a nun , Ever clasping the hands of past ages , The past and the present as one , There knelt down the group of brown pea- sants , To pray at the Saint's ...
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... night robed in silver majesty assumed in triumph the empire of that hour , whilst like a curtain of gossamer , a thin etherial mist spread itself over the bosom of nature , which gave a something of mystery and solemnity to this ...
... night robed in silver majesty assumed in triumph the empire of that hour , whilst like a curtain of gossamer , a thin etherial mist spread itself over the bosom of nature , which gave a something of mystery and solemnity to this ...
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... night , unto the Christian fortification , ( at this period there was a sort of amity or truce between the followers of the Cross and of the Crescent , for better to carry on the sports of the circus , for which reason there were but ...
... night , unto the Christian fortification , ( at this period there was a sort of amity or truce between the followers of the Cross and of the Crescent , for better to carry on the sports of the circus , for which reason there were but ...
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... night is gathering fast- The stars scarce glimmer in the sky- And moans the mountain blast- Can'st tell us of a place to rest ? We're wearied with the road- No churl the peasant used to be With homely couch and food . " 2 " I cannot ...
... night is gathering fast- The stars scarce glimmer in the sky- And moans the mountain blast- Can'st tell us of a place to rest ? We're wearied with the road- No churl the peasant used to be With homely couch and food . " 2 " I cannot ...
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... night , had never before been broken until the early matin bell called her to prayer . She could not account for the uneasiness of her repose , or her disturbed dreams , which vividly represented to her perturbed imagination , the ...
... night , had never before been broken until the early matin bell called her to prayer . She could not account for the uneasiness of her repose , or her disturbed dreams , which vividly represented to her perturbed imagination , the ...
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amongst ancient appear arms bards battle beautiful BELFAST bless blood Bob Barker brave called CAROLAN Castle Catholic Celt Christian church Clonmel Croppy death Dollaher door Dublin DUNDALK DUNGANNON Earl earth Edward Walsh enemy England English exclaimed eyes faith father fear feelings friends gallowglass Gauls give hand head heart heaven hill holy honour hope horse Ireland Irish Irishmen James James Maher Jesuits John John Banim Kilkenny King land Leinster light Limerick live look Lord Maher mother mountain Munster native never night noble o'er O'Mahony O'Moore once pale poor Prince of Orange race reply ROBERT EMMET round Saracen smile soldiers song sorrow soul Spain spirit stood sword tell thee thou thought tion Tipperary TULLOW United Irishmen voice whilst wild words young
Popular passages
Page 36 - The proudest royal houses are but of yesterday when compared with the line of the Supreme Pontiffs. That line we trace back in an unbroken series from the Pope who crowned Napoleon in the nineteenth century to the Pope who crowned Pepin in the eighth ; and far beyond the time of Pepin the august dynasty extends, till it is lost in the twilight of fable.
Page 265 - Where the broad ocean leans against the land, And sedulous to stop the coming tide, Lift the tall rampire's artificial pride. Onward methinks, and diligently slow, The firm connected bulwark seems to grow ; Spreads its long arms amidst the watery roar, Scoops out an empire, and usurps the shore...
Page 19 - I'll venture my life, She has drank of the Well of St. Keyne." " I have left a good woman who never was here...
Page 152 - We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are ; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Page 12 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
Page 207 - ... we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight ; I repeat it. sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms, and to the God of Hosts, is all that is left us ! They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary.
Page 36 - There is not, and there never was on this earth, a work of human policy so well deserving of examination as the Roman Catholic Church.
Page 37 - She saw the commencement of all the governments and of all the ecclesiastical establishments that now exist in the world; and we feel no assurance that she is not destined to see the end of them all. She was great and respected before the Saxon had set foot on Britain, before the Frank had passed the Rhine, when Grecian eloquence still flourished at Antioch, when idols were still worshipped in the temple of Mecca.
Page 62 - The most unfailing herald, companion, and follower of the awakening of a great people to work a beneficial change in opinion or institution, is poetry.
Page 36 - Venice came next in antiquity. But the republic of Venice was modern when compared with the Papacy; and the republic of Venice is gone, and the Papacy remains. The Papacy remains, not in decay, not a mere antique, but full of life and youthful vigour. The Catholic Church...