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Let Erin Remember The Days Of Old.

By Thomas Moore

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Let Erin remember the days of old.         Ere her faithless sons betrayed her;     When Malachi wore the collar of gold,[1]     Which he won from her proud invader.     When her kings, with standard of green unfurled,         Led the Red-Branch Knights to danger;[2]     Ere the emerald gem of the western world         Was set in the crown of a stranger.     On Lough Neagh's bank as the fisherman strays,         When the clear cold eve's declining,     He sees the round towers of other days         In the wave beneath him shining:     Thus shall memory often, in dreams sublime,         Catch a glimpse of the days that are over;     Thus, sighing, look thro' the waves of time     For the long-faded glories they cover.[3]

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Thomas Moore

About Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore (1779–1852) was an Irish poet, singer, and songwriter best known for "Irish Melodies" (1808–1834), a collection of songs including "The Last Rose of Summer" and "Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms." He was the most popular poet of his era in the British Isles.

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