Rambles in the south of Ireland during ... 1838

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32 ページ - LANG hae thought, my youthfu' friend, A something to have sent you, Tho' it should serve nae ither end Than just a kind memento ; But how the subject theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps, it may turn out a sang, Perhaps, turn out a sermon.
111 ページ - WHO killed Kildare? Who dared Kildare to kill? Death killed Kildare — who dare kill whom he will.
201 ページ - Yet oh hear me fondly swear — Though thy heart to me is frozen, Thou alone, of thousands fair, Thou alone should'st be my chosen ! Every scene with thee would please, Every care and fear would fly me, Wintry storms and raging seas Would lose their gloom if thou wert nigh me.
20 ページ - You may trace it in the dung-heap which obstructs the path to the cabin, in the smoke which finds an outlet through every opening but a chimney. You may see it in the warm cloaks which are worn in the hottest day in summer, in the manner a peasant girl carries her basket behind her back ; — this is generally done by folding her cloak — her only cloak — round it, and thus throwing the whole weight of the basket on this garment, of course to its no small detriment. This same want of sense lurks,...
114 ページ - When we had received our boats, each of which was capable of containing one hundred and twenty men, I ordered one of them to be rowed about the water, in order to find out the most convenient place for landing upon the enemy ; which they perceiving thought fit, by a timely submission, to prevent the danger that threatened them ; and having expressed their desires to that purpose, commissioners were appointed on both sides to treat.
115 ページ - Ross Castle could not be taken until a ship should swim upon the lake; and the appearance of this vessel contributed not a little to intimidate the garrison, and to hasten the capitulation. The said Hopkins," adds Dr. Smith, " lived to the age of ll5 years, and died at Swords.
81 ページ - Pickwick ' happening to reach Davy while he was at Damascus, he read a part of it to the Pacha, who was so delighted with it, that Davy was on one occasion summoned to him in the middle of the night, to finish the reading of some part in which they had been interrupted. Mr. Davy read in Egypt, upon another occasion, some passages from these unrivalled papers...
252 ページ - Chieftain of Kerry! Is that death should us sever. That in Flanders you're coffined Far away from my sight O Maurice ! brave son Of the Florentine Knight. • Though envy may blacken Both fortune and fame, No stain, spot or speck Has it left on thy name. For with words of bright praise That through time will not fade Was the news of thy death To my sad heart conveyed. That heart which with dreams Of the future throbbed high As it saw the proud council* In humbleness lie ; Now resembles the hill Which...
257 ページ - The nail clear and thin. Without equal in skill On the back of a steed, With a pedigree blazoned,* Which few could exceed, Correctly recorded, And carefully penned, And full of proud knowledge From beginning to end. Whate'er you foretold, Of no boast was the token, For glorious your words...
259 ページ - Without equal in skill On the back of a steed, With a pedigree blazoned,* Which few could exceed, Correctly recorded, And carefully penned, And full of proud knowledge From beginning to end. Whate'er you foretold, Of no boast was the token, For glorious your words were, As words meekly spoken. In the cause of the soul — In that cause for division, Did the rights of thine own Lead to sword-drawn decision. Who now shall inherit Thy rich jewel's store ? * This is more than the present knight of Kerry...

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