But hear’st with inner ear the rhythmic strain
Of Ireland’s mystic overburdened heart
Nor didst refuse to play thy noble part!
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.
List of [Illustrations:] Added entry for ‘Threatening Letter’.
[Pg 29:] ‘been see in’ replaced by ‘been seen in’.
[Pg 37:] ‘a for whole’ replaced by ‘for a whole’.
[Pg 37:] ‘Kathleen in Houlihan’ replaced by ‘Kathleen ni Houlihan’.
[Pg 62:] ‘fifteen year of’ replaced by ‘fifteen years of’.
[Pg 174:] ‘perhaps a litte’ replaced by ‘perhaps a little’.
[Pg 176:] ‘tell me he cook’ replaced by ‘tell me the cook’.
[Appendix V:] the header line ‘From “The Outlook,” ... ’ has been
swapped with the next line ‘IN THE EYES ... ’.