Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IRELAND, 1847, by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES


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First Line: The woes of ireland are too deep for verse
Last Line: Give back its suffe'rings to the sphere of song.
Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord
Subject(s): Ireland; Irish


THE woes of Ireland are too deep for verse:
The Muse has many sorrows of her own;
Griefs she may well to sympathy rehearse,
Pains she may soften by her gentle tone.

But the stark death in hunger and sharp cold,
The slow exhaustion of our mortal clay,
Are not for her to touch. -- She can but fold
Her mantle o'er her head, and weep and pray.

O gracious Ruler of the rolling hours!
Let not this agony last over long;
Restore a nation to its manly powers,
Give back its suffe'rings to the sphere of Song.





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