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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LET ERIN REMEMBER THE DAYS OF OLD, by THOMAS MOORE Poet's Biography Last Line: For the long-faded glories they cover Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas Subject(s): Ireland – History | |||
Let Erin remember the days of old. Ere her faithless sons betrayed her; When Malachi wore the collar of gold,[1] Which he won from her proud invader. When her kings, with standard of green unfurled, Led the Red-Branch Knights to danger;[2] Ere the emerald gem of the western world Was set in the crown of a stranger. On Lough Neagh's bank as the fisherman strays, When the clear cold eve's declining, He sees the round towers of other days In the wave beneath him shining: Thus shall memory often, in dreams sublime, Catch a glimpse of the days that are over; Thus, sighing, look thro' the waves of time For the long-faded glories they cover | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DEAR HARP OF MY COUNTRY! IN DARKNESS I FOUND THEE by THOMAS MOORE FAREWELL! BUT WHENEVER YOU WELCOME THE HOUR by THOMAS MOORE I WISH I WAS BY THAT DIM LAKE by THOMAS MOORE RICH AND RARE WERE THE GEMS SHE WORE by THOMAS MOORE A CANADIAN BOAT SONG; WRITTEN ON THE RIVER ST. LAWRENCE by THOMAS MOORE A TEMPLE TO FRIENDSHIP by THOMAS MOORE AFTER THE BATTLE (OF AUGHRIM) by THOMAS MOORE BLACK AND BLUE EYES by THOMAS MOORE ECHO [OR, ECHOES] by THOMAS MOORE LALLA ROOKH: PARADISE AND THE PERI by THOMAS MOORE |
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