I. To rend a cruel chain, To end a foreign reign, The swords of the Volunteers were drawn. And instant from their sway, Oppression fled away; So we'll drink them in a @3cruisgin lan, lan, lan@1, We'll drink them in a @3cruisgin lan!@1 II. Within that host were seen The Orange, Blue, and Green -- The Bishop for it's coat left his lawn -- The peasant and the lord Ranked in with one accord, Like brothers at a @3cruisgin lan, lan, lan@1, Like brothers at a @3cruisgin lan!@1 III. With liberty there came Wit, eloquence, and fame; Our feuds went like mists from the dawn, Old bigotry disdained -- Old privilege retained -- Oh! sages, fill a @3cruisgin lan, lan, lan@1, And, boys, fill up a @3cruisgin lan!@1 IV. The trader's coffers filled, The barren lands were tilled, Our ships on the waters thick as spawn -- Prosperity broke forth, Like summer in the north -- Ye merchants! fill a @3cruisgin lan, lan, lan@1, Ye farmers! fill a @3cruisgin lan!@1 V. The memory of that day Shall never pass away, Tho' it's fame shall be yet outshone; We'll grave it on our shrines, We'll shout it in our lines -- Old Ireland! fill a @3cruisgin lan, lan, lan@1, Young Ireland! fill a @3cruisgin lan!@1 VI. And drink -- The Volunteers, Their generals, and seers, Their gallantry, their genius, and their brawn With water, or with wine -- The draught is but a sign -- The purpose fills the @3cruisgin lan, lan, lan@1, This purpose fills the @3cruisgin lan!@1 VII. That ere Old Ireland goes, And while Young Ireland glows, The swords of our sires be girt on, And loyally renew The work of'EIGHTY-TWO -- Oh! gentlemen -- a @3cruisgin lan, lan, lan,@1 Our freedom! in a @3cruisgin lan!@1 | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PEACE; A STUDY by CHARLES STUART CALVERLEY THE VISION (1) by ROBERT HERRICK RAIN ON THE ROOF (1) by COATES KINNEY THE MORAL FABLES: THE TRIAL OF THE FOX by AESOP TO MRS W. ON HER EXCELLENT VERSES WRITTEN IN A FIT OF SICKNESS by APHRA BEHN |