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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, by THOMAS MOORE Poet's Biography
First Line: As by the shore, at break of day
Last Line: So pass away the cause and name %of him who dies for liberty
Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas
Subject(s): Freedom
First Line: As by the shore, at break of day
Last Line: So pass away the cause and name %of him who dies for liberty
Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas
Subject(s): Freedom
As by the shore, at break of day,
Avanquisht Chief expiring lay,
Upon the sands, with broken sword,
He traced his farewell to the Free;
And, there, the last unfinished word
He dying wrote was " Liberty!"
At night a Sea-bird shrieked the knell
Of him who thus for Freedom fell;
The words he wrote, ere evening came,
Were covered by the sounding sea;
So pass away the cause and name
Of him who dies for Liberty!
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