 By honor bound in woe or weal, Whate'er she bids he dares to do ; Try him with bribes — they won't prevail; Prove him in fire — you'll find him true. He seeks not safety, let his post Be where it ought in danger's van; And if the field of fame be...  The Dublin Magazine - Page 1531842Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Condie - 1813 - 262 pages
...Try him in fire and find him true : He seeks not safety, let his post Be, were it ought, in dangers van ; And if the field of fame be lost, 'Twill not be by an IRISHMAN. ERIN, lov'd land, from age to age, May you become more fam'd, more free ! • May peace be yours—... | |
 | George Pepper - Ireland - 1829 - 488 pages
...confidence he scorns to mock, For faithful is an Irishman. By honour bound in wo or we;J, Whate'er she bids he dares to do ; — . • Tempt him with...: let his post Be where it ought, in danger's van ;-r And if the field of fame be lost, 'Twill not be by an Irishman. ЕЕШ, loved land ! from age to... | |
 | Robert Redman Belshaw - English poetry - 1855 - 188 pages
...confidence he scorns to mock, For faithful is an Irishman, By honor bound in woe or weal, Whate'er she bids he dares to do: Tempt him with bribes, he...him true; He seeks not safety, let his post Be where in ought, in danger's van; And if the field of fame is lost, 'Twill not be by an Irishman. Erin, lov'd... | |
 | Samuel Lover - Ballads, English - 1858 - 394 pages
...woe or weal, Whate'cr she bids he dares to do ; Try him with bribes — thev won't prevail ; Prove him in fire — -you'll find him true. He seeks not...in danger's van ; And if the field of fame be lost, It won't be by an Irishman. Erin ! loved land ! from age to age Be thou more great, more famed, and... | |
 | John Cornelius O'Callaghan - France - 1870 - 728 pages
...patriotism could associate with the character of an Irishman — " By honour bound in woe or weal, Whate'er she bids, he dares to do ; Tempt him with bribes,...field of fame be lost, Twill not be by an Irishman." — OUR. The feeling of a just national prkle, at being the countrymen of such heroes, found a popular... | |
 | Charles Anderton Read - 1879 - 390 pages
...in woe or weal, Whate'er ehe bids he dares to do; Try him with bribes — they won't prevail; Prove him in fire — you'll find him true. He seeks not...in danger's van; And if the field of fame be lost, It won't be by an Irishman. Erin! loved land! from age to age Be thou more great, more famed, and free;... | |
 | Alfred Mason Williams - English poetry - 1881 - 472 pages
...Whate'er she bids, he dares to do ; Try him with bribes, they won't prevail ; Prove him in fire, you '1l find him true. ' He seeks not safety, — let his...in danger's van ; And if the field of fame be lost, It won't be by an Irishman. Erin, loved land ! from age to age May peace be thine, or shouldst thou... | |
 | Samuel Lover - 1884 - 458 pages
...woe or weal, Whate'er she bids he dares to do ; Try him with bribes — they won't prevail ; Prove him in fire — you'll find him true. He seeks not...in danger's van ; And if the field of fame be lost, It won't be by an Irishman. Erin ! loved land ! from age to ago Be thou more great, more famed, more... | |
 | Charles MacCarthy Collins - English poetry - 1885 - 350 pages
...woe or weal, Whate'er she bids he dares to do ; Try him with bribes — they won't prevail ; Prove him in fire — you'll find him true. He seeks not...in danger's van ; And if the field of fame be lost, It won't be by an Irishman. Erin ! loved land ! from age to age Be thou more great, more famed, and... | |
 | Charles MacCarthy Collins - Composers - 1885 - 352 pages
...woe or weal, Whate'er she bids he dares to do ; Try him with bribes — they won't prevail ; Prove him in fire — you'll find him true. He seeks not...in danger's van ; And if the field of fame be lost, It won't be by an Irishman. Erin ! loved land ! from age to age Be thou more great, more famed, and... | |
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