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
 | English poetry - 1887 - 842 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... | |
 | Patrick John Kenedy - 1898 - 512 pages
...Try him with bribes — they won't prevail, Prove him in fire — you'll find him true. He seeks no safety, let his post Be where it ought in danger's van ; And if the field of fame be lost, It wont be by an Irishman. Erin ! loved land, from age to age, Be thou more great, more famed and free,... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1901 - 176 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | Justin McCarthy, Maurice Francis Egan, Charles Welsh, Douglas Hyde, Lady Gregory, James Jeffrey Roche - Authors, Irish - 1904 - 544 pages
...she bids he dares to do ; Try him with bribes— they won't prevail ; Prove him in fire — you '11 find him true. He seeks not safety, let his post Be...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1904 - 614 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Holidays - 1906 - 432 pages
...in woe and 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,...in danger's van: And if the field of fame be lost, It won't be by an Irishman. Dear Erin, how sweetly thy green bosom rises, An emerald set in the ring... | |
 | Charles Welsh - English poetry - 1907 - 646 pages
...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...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 Welsh - Quotations, Irish - 1908 - 138 pages
...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...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;... | |
 | John Cooke - English poetry - 1909 - 814 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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