Yet still, through the darkness and sorrow,
I dream of a time yet to be,
When from mountain and ocean to Heaven
Will rise up the Hymn of the Free.
When our Country, made perfect through trial,
White-robed, myrtle-crowned, as a Bride,
Will stand forth, "a Lady of Kingdoms,"
Through Light and through Love glorified.
FOOTNOTES
[1] "Kings—The Earthly Elohim."—Sir Thomas Browne.
[2] Palmyra, or Tadmor.
[3] On reading his Essay on the Collation of Certain Ancient Spanish Manuscripts, printed from the proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.
[4] Abdallah is known in history as "El triste Rey."
[5] This taunt of the Sultana mother is related by Condé.
[6] Lorc, or Lorcan, an ancient King of Munster, the grandfather of the great King Brian Boru.