Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-03-03
EMNiET's SPEECH
To the Irish Patriots just Previous to Thef
Intended Rising
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The darkest hour is e'er before the dawn.
y friends, whose lives are pledged for
freedoms cause,
And if within this hour, your souls are
dark,
Remember, that the rose glow soft and
rare,
Which ushers in the dawn of liberty.
The royal sun Of nations, waits YOU now.
No more shall Erin, gem of ocean, stand
In letters weeping, her green vesture
soiled
With dust of conq'ror's heel, and gemmed
with tears;
But radiant, throned her valiant sons
among,
Defy her tyrant-nay, defy the world.
Erin, pulse of all our loyal hearts,
How can we yield to whispers of despair,
Mavourneen, when We hope our humble
hands
Will rear thy throne, and let our life-blood
Its rampant of defence from foe or stormi
Friends, gaze with ME beyond the oceans
far
And wave crowned waste, where men of
iron will
And purpose true, from Epgland's hated
hand
Their heritage of freedom long withheld
Have wrested, and won for their country
fair
The title nations few posses:
Home of the free, Americas proud name.
Oh, let Us emulate her sous firm faith.
Their patriotism pure, their bravery,
And merit, that on history's page, our
place
Be side by side with theirs, in all the
world
The grandest record time doth hold or
keep.
Land of the brave, of liberty the home,
Be thou our Erin's sister, and be ours
The honor with thy Washington to share
The noble name no royalty can reach;
Far placed above the crown, the throne of
state,
The gilded sceptre, or cloth of gold,
His country's saviour-guard of liberty.
Be ours, Oh, noble friends, whose deer
applause
My fairest honor is, the joy to raise
Our sunburst from the depth of English
thrall
And floating golden in the air of heav'n,
Be ours the pride to see its drapry green
Soft mingled with the folds of their bright
flag
Against the blue of heav'n, the stars and
stripes,
f banner of the noble and the free
Tomorrow night, within your brave. true
hearts
That thought bright carry, shrouded round
with shade
Of mem'ry's record dark six hundred
years
OF England's coward hate and ty ranny.
Firm and United be; but carry out
Our plans for capture of the city here,
And all the land will rise to aid you then:
Once let our rising be of note abroad.
And France will aid us, then let England
cow'r,
Before our hosts and cringe as tyrants do
When honor meets them, and when cour-
age strikes.
Down, England, then; riss, Erin, crowned
and free;
Our lives thy guard, our truth, thy sure
uetence.
Lift up your hands in noble pledge brave
friends
Aud swear with me In life, in chains, in
death,
Our country holds our only loyalty.
May these hands wither, ere blow we
strike
For aught that danger to her freedom
brings!
So help us, God above, so help us sure,
To nerve our arms; so breathe into our |
hearts |
The breath of liberty. in Heaven first
Its fair life given, that to break our bonds
Its might may lead us and our own green
isle
Radiar.t and free, from oceans bosom
smile.
Oh! breathe not his name, let it sleep in |
the shade,
Where cold and unhonored his relics are
laid;
Sad, silent, and dark, be the tears that
we shed,
AS the night-dew that falls on the grass
DER his head.