...'t is touch'd by sorrow's tears Will never shine so bright again. 120 SHE IS FAR FROM THE LAND. QHE is far from the land where her young hero sleeps,...song of her dear native plains, Every note which he lov'd awaking ; — Ah ! little they think, who delight in her strains, How the heart of the minstrel...

...stares before her, her face a mask concealing emotion, a mask as stark as the room itself.) BOY'S VOICE. "She is far from the land, Where her young hero sleeps, And lovers around her sighing . . . But coldly she turns from their gaze and weeps, For her heart in his grave...

...from the Land" (1803) was written about Robert Emmet's fiancée, Sarah Curran. The first stanza says, "She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps,/...and weeps,/ For her heart in his grave is lying." On Emmet, see entry 114.18. 306.17/301.6 THE MEMORY OF THE DEAD On Ingram's "The Memory of the Dead,"...

...the jurisdiction of Great Britain. Sarah Curran died of a broken heart. Thomas Moore wrote of her: "She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps,...gaze, and weeps, For her heart in his grave is lying." Ireland has not yet written his epitaph. Other times and other men have come, and many more martyrs...

...love with Robert Emmet, who was subsequendy executed. The song is a commemoration of her suffering: She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, And lovers around her sighing; But coldly she turns from their gaze and weeps, For her heart in his grave is lying....

...Lines on a Young Lady. SHE ia far from the land where her young hero sleeps, And lovers around her are sighing : But coldly she turns from their gaze, and weeps, For her heart in his grave is lying. Slte sings the wild songs of her dear native plains, Every note which he lov1d awaking— Ah ! little...

...a broken heart. It was on her that Moore the distinguished Irish poet composed the following lines. She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, And lovers around her are sighing; But coldly she turns from their gaze and weeps, For her heart in his grave...

...Thomas Moore's poem "She Is Far From the Land," in Irish Melodies, puts the sentimental touch on her: "She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps,...song of her dear native plains, / Every note which he lov'd awaking; — / Ah! little they think who delight in her strains, / How the heart of the Minstrel...

...From the Land' (in Irish Melodies), a sentimental account of her love for the dead hero; it begins: 'She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps,...and weeps, | For her heart in his grave is lying'. 293.17 loodheramaun: Gaelic: ludraman: 'lazy 1dle fellow, fool'. 293.34 Sinn Fein! . . . Sinn fein...

...the following lines. She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, And lovers around her are sighing; But coldly she turns from their gaze and...song of her dear native plains, Every note which he lov'd awaking— Ah! little they think, who delight in her strains, How the heart of the minstrel is...