[2] Lalla Rookh: The Fire-worshippers.
[3] "An eloquence rich, wheresoever its wave
Wander'd free and triumphant, with thoughts that shone through,
As clear as the brook's 'stone of lustre,' and gave,
the flash of the gem, its solidity too."
—Moore: Shall the Harp be silent.
"Ever glorious Grattan! the best of the good!
So simple in heart, so sublime in the rest!
With all which Demosthenes wanted endued,
And his rival or victor in all he possess'd."
—Byron: The Irish Avatar.
[4] Thomas Moore: Memoirs of Lord Edward Fitzgerald.
[5] Madden: The United Irishmen, Their Lives and Times.
[6] "Already has the child of Gallia's school,
The foul Philosophy that sins by rule,
With all her train of reasoning, damning arts,
Begot by brilliant heads or worthless hearts—
Already has she poured her poison here
O'er every charm that makes existence dear."
—Epistle to Lord Viscount Forbes.
[7] Madden: United Irishmen. Robert Emmet: anonymous, but known to be written by Madame d'Haussonville.