| Mary Francis Cusack - 1881 - 536 страници
...flourishing, and Ireland, all Ireland, becoming what nature intended, and, please God, she yet will be — " Great, glorious, and free, First flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea." "Rev. Father Garvey, CC, Eyries, proposed the first resolution, as follows : — 'That, as the poverty... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1881 - 1000 страници
...thy showers, Than the rest of the world in their sunniest hours. Wort thou all that I wish thee — ement! friend to life's decline! Retreats from cure that never must be mine ! — I might hail thee with prouder, with happier hrow ; But oh, could I love thee more deeply than... | |
| D. B. Cashman - 1881 - 286 страници
...AND DEFENDED BY JOHN DEVOY. — THE ABOLITION OF LANDLORDISM. " Wert thou all that I wish thee, — great, glorious and free, First flower of •the earth, and first gem of the sea, — I might hail thee with prouder, with happier brow, But, oh! could I love thee more deeply than... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1881 - 900 страници
...thy showers, Than the rest of the world iu their sunniest hours. Wert thou all that I wish thee, — great, glorious, and free — First flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea, — I might hail thee with prouder, with happier brow, But, oh ! could I love thee more deeply than... | |
| 1882 - 722 страници
...after my death than I found her at my birth, and, if possible, to make her what she ought to be — " ' Great, glorious, and free, First flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea.' " Perhaps, if I could show you the calm and exquisite beauty of these capacious bays and mountain promontories,... | |
| D. B. Cashman - 1882 - 272 страници
...QUESTION — THE " NEW DEPASTURE " — THE ABOLITION OF LANDLORDISM. " Wert thou all that I wish thee, great, glorious, and free, First flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea,— I might hail thee with prouder, with happier brow, But, oh ! could I love thee more deeply than now... | |
| Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - 1882 - 914 страници
...heaven of earth. w. JAMES MONTOOMEBÏ — Aspirations of Youth. St. 3. Wert thou all that I wish thee, ve never did run smooth. p. Mklsummer Night's Dream. Act I. 8c. 1. Ah me! how x. MOOBE— Remember Thee. From servants hasting to be gods. y. POLLOK- Course of Time. Bk. II. Just... | |
| Erin-go-bragh pseud - 1882 - 74 страници
...pleased God to call them," that the sons of Erin can ever hope really to make their beloved land " Great, glorious, and free — First flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea ! " ERIN-GO-BRAGH. PORTKOUS AND GIBBS, Printers, Dublin. ! t > t f ... | |
| Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 страници
...scenes like this, With some we 've left behind us. At slow our ship. Wert thou all that I wish thee, great, glorious, and free, First flower of the earth, and first gem of the sea. Remember thee. All that 's bright must fade, — The brightest still the fleetest ; All that 's sweet... | |
| 1845 - 752 страници
...till, I trust, my country, under its influence, will be made, in the right sense of the word — " Great, glorious, and free — First flower of the earth and first gem of the sea." Our church you have made « Missionary church: now we have our own Mission, and we have had large additions... | |
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