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Show The Emerald Isle. Brightly ficur thy shoicr: upon history's his-tory's pages, V.'hero names dear to fame and to science long known. Like unsoiting stars throug the lapse of long ages. From th" sea girded isle of Hibernia have shown. Fair island, they vales arc embalmed in the stoiy "Which history teller, r.f ages KOne by. "When Ossian's proud hcj-f.es strode onward on-ward to glory rvl aeon n'swave answered lh-ir loud batt leery. The wild vine is creeping, the sham- rock is closing B foliage o'er many a dimly seen pile Where, entombed on the fields of their fjme, are reposing The proud, peerless chiefs of the Emerald Em-erald Isle. And in far later years, with the purest devotion To the high cause of freedom, full many a son Of the green isles of Erin, the Gem of the ocean Fair evergreen laurels of glory has von The "martyred O'Neal and the gallant Fitzgerald n the bright list of glory forever shall stand, - And fame circle Emmet, the eloquent herald. "Who wakened the spirit and pride of his land. They are gone, they are gone, but their memories that linger On the shores where they perished no wretch shall revile: No slave of a tyrant shall dare point the finger of scorn at those sons of the Emerald x Isle. Hibernia. though tyrants may seek to degrade thee, jVet proud sons of science acknowledge their birth On thy sea girded shores, whose high genius has made thee The Gem of the Ocean, the wonder of earth. ng. long has the halo of glory surrounded sur-rounded The heart touching strains of Corolan and Moore. Oh. soon may the banners of freedom wave o'er thee. Green Island of Erin! May Liberty's smile To the lustre of primitive ages restore thee. The Gem of the Ocean the Emerald Isle! J John Greenleaf "Whittier. |