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...HEROIC LOVE by JAMES GRAHAM (1612-1650) IN TIME OF 'THE BREAKING OF NATIONS' by THOMAS HARDY ENGLAND IN 1819 by PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY ONE SHORT HOUR by RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH THE MOUNTAIN ECHO by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH EPIGAEA ASLEEP by WILLIAM WHITMAN BAILEY |