 | Irish ballads - 1846 - 260 pages
...hair dishevelled, and shedding teai^ abundantly, chanted their funeral song." *] THE lions of the hill are gone, And I am left alone — alone — Dig the...And let us slumber side by side. The dragons of the rock are sleeping, Sleep that wakes not for our weeping; Dig the grave, and make it ready, Lay me on... | |
 | Denis Florence MacCarthy - 1846 - 554 pages
...left alone — alone — * Hibernian Nights' Entertainments, University Magazine, vol. iv., , flan Dig the grave both wide and deep, For I am sick, and...And let us slumber side by side. The dragons of the rock are sleeping, Sleep that wakes not for our weeping; Dig the grave, and make it ready, Lay me on... | |
 | Henry Riddell Montgomery - 1846 - 242 pages
...DEIRDRE'S LAMENT FOR THE SONS OF USNACH-f The lions of the hill are gone, And I am left alone—alone; Dig the grave both wide and deep, For I am sick, and fain would sleep. * As all the remaining pieces are by this gentleman, the repetition of the name at each is unnecessary.... | |
 | 1850 - 744 pages
...abundantly, chaunted their funeral eong.»* DEIDHE'S LAMENT FOR THE SONS OF USNA. The lions of the hill are gone And I am left alone — alone — Dig the...And let us slumber side by side. The dragons of the rock are sleeping, Sleep that wakes not for our weeping ; Dig the grave, oh, make it ready, Lay me... | |
 | Samuel Lover - 1858 - 394 pages
...LAMENT FOR THE SONS OF USNACH. Translated from the Irish by S. FsEGDsoiT, MRIA THE lions of the hill are gone, And I am left alone — alone ; Dig the...And let us slumber side by side. The dragons of the rock are sleeping — Sleep that wakes not for our weeping ; Dig the grave, and make it ready, Lay... | |
 | 1865 - 838 pages
...poured forth her fond lament, from which we take the following verses : — " The lions of the hill are gone, And I am left alone — alone ; Dig the...And let us slumber side by side. The dragons of the rock are sleeping, — Sleep that wakes not for our weeping: Dig the grave, and make it ready, I,ay... | |
 | lady Mary Catharine Ferguson - 1868 - 350 pages
...put to death, and Deirdre, standing over the grave, sang their funeral song. The lions of the hill are gone, And I am left alone — alone. Dig the grave...And let us slumber side by side. The dragons of the rock are sleeping, Sleep that wakes not for our weeping. Dig the grave, and make it ready, Lay me on... | |
 | Mary Catharine Guinness Ferguson - 1868 - 326 pages
...put to death, and Deirdre, standing over the grave, sang their funeral song. The lions of the hill are gone, And I am left alone — alone. Dig the grave...I am left alone — alone. Dig the grave both deep aud wide, And let us slumber side by side. The dragons of the rock are sleeping, Sleep that wakes not... | |
 | 1873 - 660 pages
...put to death, and Deirdre, standing over the grave, sang their funeral song. The lions of the hill are gone, And I am left alone— alone. Dig the grave...wide and deep, For I am sick, and fain would sleep ! Th« falcons of the wood are flown. And I am left alone— alone. Dig the grave both deep and wide,... | |
 | 1884 - 658 pages
...think, more melodious and pathetic, and which we prefer to give to our readers. " The lions of the hill are gone, And I am left alone — alone — Dig the...let us slumber side by side. " The dragons of the rock are sleeping, Sleep that wakes not for our weeping : Dig the grave, and make it ready ; Lay ine... | |
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THE lions of the hill are gone, And I am left alone — alone — Dig the grave both wide and deep, For I am sick, and fain would sleep! The falcons of the wood are flown. And I am left alone — alone — Dig the grave both deep and wide, And let us... 
