The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-03-18

Ihat are wound around the heart ana which
Will live 80 long as life shall Inst IN this
day he koes hack to the old land lu spirit
and while dwelling upon the scenes ot his
chldhcod aud dreaming ot the beautiful
isle ~ his birth, her crystal streams her
lovely wales, her lakes uncqualcd for their
charms, he Is struck with the agoniaing
hcurtrepdinE Thought Of how the heritage
" MS race has been connscated, hts people
hunted down Ike wolves aud forced into
exile "a exc out an existence as host they
may. with all the sacred ties VI love aud
friendship torn ssupder II may BE- that
In his dreaming be goes back to
The groves Of Blaruey that lock So charm.
or listens to
The bells - Sandcn
hat sound grand on
The pleasant waters ~ river Ire"
Hr may wander to the beautiful vale OF
Avoca aud sing With Moore
There. not In the wide world valley 40
sweet
As tina, vale in whose bosom IN, bright
Oh the last rays Of feeling and NE must
Er, ~ bloom Of that valley shalt fade
from my heart
But ne awakes 20 end himself In foreign
iaud, and eXclNlms
oh Erin, nv country though sad and
torsaken.
In dream 7 revisit, thv SOS hc4ten shore.
Rut, alas In FAR foreign hud I awaken
And slgh Tor the friends that can meet
NE M more
And. my friends white love ~ native
land Is one ~ the chief characteristics
uf the Irish. their Iovaltv and devotion 20
he nf "a
nhie Just a. man WAY love mother and
vito. -o 40 the Irish love their mnthcr
country and the country which furnished
thlt home witch hN virtue ~ Nriish mis-
rulc thcr arc denied in tbolt native land
Not go hc condemned hnt generously Go be
praised, is that tendency IN tho irishman
/ a. rcm'mher cndcscuElF the piecc vh,rh
the scnrc NJ Kindred had hsllcwcd
lu fhHt land hts fathers rrSt u.s. grass Is
Ctnrn vs. may no, upon his mother ErRvr.
/ Shalt hr forget the lsnd which the ashes ~
hl- parents rcnsrrrRte when both are az
! rest FROM their lahors and their ~orrnws
/ Whom no docs. let his WORT have no honor,
/ los his tYiendship hsNc NJ value, lrt his
presence have no homage, let him he tho
{ scorn ~ his own country. and ict NO other
! country trust him Bnt tod, IN his good
! ue,s has srcn ~ 10 mEkc hcncdcrut previ-
| sion Tor the eNlies from Erius shores
I Driven FROM home by the iron arm OF
/ TYRANNY and oppression. Nc and them
turing tho Eghtcenth century Offering
I their services So the continental armies Of
] trrupr. and those Who entered tho SrrN lee
We're innrded maEnincrm opportunities 80
Z strike hlnv 81 tho poNcr that So incrCi-
/ icssly drove thorn forth from home and
{ friends aud an thar lie held dear tan
tho Geld ~ Fontency they wrcstrd victory
( from the supremest moment Of that historic
. struggle as
a ynllrv crashing from their racks
3 Then through the snrriuE smoke,
Vito empty gans clutchcd 10 their hands
i F4. GhrF Wtr
AND Fvrt,uoy famed Fonteucy, had been
Z Waterloo
Were not thcss enilss resAy then trrsN. "
hement and true.
Ard srsin
on Rsunl.s hloody esld
when me hstnsa French we're forced -
The yictcr SAXON, backward re,lsd
Before the charge NJ Clsres dragons
Alvsvy foremost Ia the frar, they achieved
die distinction q heiuE the hest soldiers
Inn Eurcre and few ~ them escaped a
soldiers grave They covered themselves
with glory. snd SOME n the most renowned
jhattlehcids IN history are made sacred 20
us as their last resting place.
IN Ter foreign aslds, from punsirk TO Bel
lie re soldiers .nd chiefs Of the irlst
brigade"
And while darling al Europe hy theil
reckless vaier the eXlles who RouEht
hnne In America were not Idle. rhe hrsi
RrlHsh vessel ever captured by the State
fell intn the hands ~ ave youur lrishmen
The frst commodore 81 the American navy
now the greatest " NOS the largest tina
ssls tho hrluy cesr, VAS &c irishman Gen
stal Montgomery, who Was killed whtl'
Z scaling the walls " Quehec. hailed iron
the Emerald Isle. We sud them amcnl
those holding the breassworks az BnnkF
Inn while a round OF ammunition was ieft
I Al Lexington. 4.onnsouth aud WALES fotr'
tbev were conspicuous. sud at NaretoNi
they found 4 twnfvid glory SO we'll dh
ther serve their adopted conRtry that "a
intlmatr friend ~ Washington paid thVu
tie aishest - al tributes when be said
siei the shamrock be entwined with th
. iAutels "a me rrynutlcp. and truth spd 50,
I tice Eulalnc the pen - history inscFihe q
shp tablets ~ Americas remembrance
everlasting gratitude 20 inshmen
We are cften asked WHY lfelsnd does No
give NJ what appears 90 b. 4 hopeless
sirurnie tcf independence Nv friends.
"a hsranse the ioyr ~ llhertV IN . people
| iaasStrucflhls II endufes and survives al
! ter eraturics ~ perserstiun aud cppEessssa
! The Fnemwies ~ taderradcnre sns tf1fl
I rtsrs - frrMsT r-esfxe~. a. e-avsgtses.
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