That left its venom there,

To madden in many a midnight cave.

Be silent, wretches!—spare the grave!

All is done; he is buried—the crowd depart,

He is laid in his kindred clay,

There, freed from the torture that ate his heart,

He rests, till the last great day.

O THOU! who alone canst defend and save,

Wake Ireland wise from this lowly grave.

[Greek: Aion.]