 She sings the wild song of her dear native plains, Every note which he loved awaking — Ah! little they think, who delight in her strains, How the heart of the minstrel is breaking!  The Keepsake - Σελίδα 951837Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | James Costigan - 1961 - 106 σελίδες
...stares before her, her face a mask concealing emotion, a mask as stark as the room itself.) BOY'S VOICE. "She is far from the land, Where her young hero sleeps, And lovers around her sighing . . . But coldly she turns from their gaze and weeps, For her heart in his grave is lying .... | |
 | Weldon Thornton - 1968 - 568 σελίδες
...from the Land" (1803) was written about Robert Emmet's fiancée, Sarah Curran. The first stanza says, "She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps,/ And lovers are round her, sighing;/ But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps,/ For her heart in his grave... | |
 | 1928 - 898 σελίδες
...the jurisdiction of Great Britain. Sarah Curran died of a broken heart. Thomas Moore wrote of her: "She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, And lovers are round her sighing; But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps, For her heart in his grave... | |
 | Zack R. Bowen - 1974 - 394 σελίδες
...love with Robert Emmet, who was subsequendy executed. The song is a commemoration of her suffering: She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, And lovers around her sighing; But coldly she turns from their gaze and weeps, For her heart in his grave is lying. Presumably... | |
 | James Chapman - 378 σελίδες
...cease, And our hearts, like thy waters, be mingled in peace. Moore, 28. Lines on a Young Lady. SHE ia far from the land where her young hero sleeps, And lovers around her are sighing : But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps, For her heart in his grave is lying. Slte sings... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1983 - 1198 σελίδες
...a broken heart. It was on her that Moore the distinguished Irish poet composed the following lines. She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, And lovers around her are sighing; But coldly she turns from their gaze and weeps, For her heart in his grave is lying. She sings the... | |
 | Don Gifford, Robert J. Seidman - 1988 - 704 σελίδες
...Thomas Moore's poem "She Is Far From the Land," in Irish Melodies, puts the sentimental touch on her: "She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, / And lovers are round her, sighing: / But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps, / For her heart in his grave... | |
 | James Joyce - 1998 - 1060 σελίδες
...From the Land' (in Irish Melodies), a sentimental account of her love for the dead hero; it begins: 'She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, | And lovers are round her, sighing: | But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps, | For her heart in his grave... | |
 | Sean Dunne - 1957 - 496 σελίδες
...prize-winning film, Anne Devlin (1984), written and directed by Pat Murphy She is far from the land She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, And lovers are round her sighing, But coldly she turns from their gaze and weeps, For her heart in his grave is... | |
 | Patrick M. Geoghegan - 2002 - 388 σελίδες
...the work of Thomas Moore, the childhood friend of Robert Emmet, who romanticised her death in verse: She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, And lovers around her are sighing; But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps, For her heart in his grave is lying. She sings the... | |
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