Then rise, fellow freemen, and stretch the right hand,

And swear to prevail in your dear native land!


EXILE OF ERIN.[78]

There came to the beach a poor Exile of Erin,

The dew on his thin robe was heavy and chill:

For his country he sighed, when at twilight repairing

To wander alone by the wind-beaten hill.

But the day-star attracted his eye’s sad devotion,