 | Charles Granville Gepp - 1871 - 208 pages
...minstrel boy to the wars is gone, In the ranks of death you'll find him; His father's sword he has girded on, And his wild harp slung behind him. " Land...song/' said the warrior-bard, " Though all the world betray thee, " One sword at least thy rights shall guard, " One faithful harp shall praise thee." 1,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...minstrel boy to the war is gone, In the ranks of death you '11 find him, His father's sword he has sweetsfromfreque warrior bard, " Though all the world betrays thee, One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard, One... | |
 | Edmund Routledge - 1871 - 196 pages
...Minstrel-boy to the war is gone, In the ranks of death you'll find him ; His father's sword he has girded on, And his wild harp slung behind him — " Land of song !" said the warrior bard, " Though all the world betrays thee, One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard, One... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - Recitations - 1871 - 200 pages
...minstrel boy to the war is gone, In the ranks of death you '11 find him, His father's sword he has girded on, And his wild harp slung behind him. " Land of Song ! " said the warrior bard, " Though all the world betrays thee, One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard, One... | |
 | John Bradbury (of Salford.) - Dublin (Ireland) - 1871 - 154 pages
...minstrel boy to the war is gone, In the ranks of death you '11 find him ; His father's sword he has girded on, And his wild harp slung behind him. Land of song ! cried the warrior-bard, Though all the world betrays thee, One sword at least thy rights shall guard,... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1872 - 660 pages
...Minstrel-boy to the war is gone, In the ranks of death you'll find him ; His father's sword he has girded on, And his wild harp slung behind him. —...shall praise thee !' The Minstrel fell ! — but the foeman's chain Could not bring his proud soul under ; The harp he loved ne'er spoke again, For he tore... | |
 | Readers - 1872 - 514 pages
...him. His father's sword he has girded on, And his wild harp slung behind him. 288 ABOUT HUSBANDS. " Land of song," said the warrior-bard, " Though all...harp shall praise thee." The minstrel fell : but the foemau's chain Could not bring his proud soul under. The harp he loved ne'er spoke again, For he tore... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - English poetry - 1872 - 396 pages
...on, And his wild harp slung behind him. I." — I—L/ 1 " Land of song !" said the warrior bard, " Though all the world betrays thee, One sword, at least,...rights shall guard, One faithful harp shall praise thee ! " IE —I—I I—E f 1 g i " The Minstrel fell ! but the foeman's chain Could not bring his proud... | |
 | Thomas Moore - Songs - 1872 - 514 pages
...betray. Minstrel-Boy to the war is gone In the ranks of death you 'll find His father's sword he has girded on, And his wild harp slung behind him "Land of song!" said the warrior-bard. "Tho' all the world betrays thee, " One sword, at least, thy rights shall " One faithful harp shall... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...sword he has girded on, And his wild harp slung behind him. "Land of song ! " said the warrior bard, " ( ) WG ÎLiithful harp shall praise thee ! " The minstrel fell !• — but the foeman's chain Could not bring... | |
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Though all the world betrays thee, One sword, at least, thy rights shall guard, One faithful harp shall praise thee !" The minstrel fell ! but the foeman's chain Could not bring his proud soul under ! The harp he loved ne'er spoke again, For he tore its... 
