 Who fears to speak of Ninety-eight ? Who blushes at the name ? When cowards mock the patriot's fate, Who hangs his head for shame ? He's all a knave, or half a slave, Who slights his country thus ; But a true man, like you, man, Will fill your glass with...  The Speeches of Richard Lalor Sheil - Seite 263von Richard Lalor Sheil - 1865 - 471 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 Seiten
...also HAYES) 22 And for our country 'tis a bliss to die. HOMER— Iliad. Bk.XV. I,. 583. POPE'S trans. s s i ] JOHN K. INGRAM — In The Dublin Nation. April 1, 1843. Vol. II. P. 339. 2 Our federal Union: it must... | |
 | 1925 - 262 Seiten
...interest in education, prohibition, peace and Christianity. THE MEMORY OF THE DEAD An Auld Lang Syne. L "Who fears to speak of Ninety-eight, Who blushes at...fate, Who hangs his head for shame? He's all a knave and half a slave Who slyghts his country thus, But a true man, like you, man, Will fill your glass... | |
 | Zack R. Bowen - 1974 - 394 Seiten
...Memory of the Dead." The song urges that the glories of Ireland's history be celebrated with alcohol: Who fears to speak of Ninety-Eight? Who blushes at...true man, like you, man, Will fill your glass with us ... The reference to "The Memory of the Dead" provides a fitting combination of nostalgic militancy... | |
 | Thomas Clarke Luby - 1880 - 560 Seiten
...deem the tediousness of this long chapter. I shall make no apology l'or quoting it here in full: — "THE MEMORY OF THE DEAD. ' Who fears to speak of Ninety-eight?...the patriot's fate, "Who hangs his head for shame? He 's all a knave, or half a slave, "Who slights his country thus ; lîut a true man, liko you, man,... | |
 | Dorothy Thompson - 1993 - 200 Seiten
...Dublin, however, in 1844 Gavan Duffy was indicted for sedition simply for publishing a poem which started Who fears to speak of 'ninety-eight? Who blushes at...Cowards mock the patriot's fate Who hangs his head for shame?68 Young Ireland itself had played safe until then by organizing an 'Eighty-two Club' - a very... | |
 | Ruth Bauerle - 1993 - 254 Seiten
...great Itish dtinker-hetoes are fond because it embodies the titual of fierce alcoholic pattiotism: Who fears to speak of Ninety-eight? Who blushes at the name? When cowards mock the pattior's fare, Who hangs his head for shame? He's all a knave, or half a slave, Who slighrs his countty... | |
 | Ian McBride - 2001 - 300 Seiten
...occasioned shame but the ignominious disavowal by the subsequent generation of that heroic episode ('When cowards mock the patriot's fate,/ Who hangs his head for shame?). Ingram is perhaps playing here on what Christopher Ricks terms the 'ripples or chain reactions of embarrassment',19... | |
 | William Butler Yeats - 2002 - 216 Seiten
...render void: Thou — Thou art Being and Breath, And what Thou art may never be destroyed, Emily Bronte THE MEMORY OF THE DEAD Who fears to speak of Ninety-eight?...the name? When cowards mock the patriot's fate, Who hange his head for shame? He's all a knave or half a slave Who slights his country thus; But a true... | |
 | 1899 - 424 Seiten
...League. BARTHOLOMEW TEELING. " PATRI/E SUCCURRERE VELOX." l " Who fears to speak of Ninety- Eight ? Who blushes at the name ? When cowards mock the patriot's fate, Who hangs his head for shame ? " WHEN an Irishman speaks of " Ninety-Eight " there is no question in his own, or in his hearer's... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1843 - 776 Seiten
...flinch in word or tone — We'll be a glorious nation yet, Redeemed — erect — alone." Again : — " Who fears to speak of Ninety-eight ? Who blushes at the name ? When cowards mock the patriot's fete, Who bangs his head for shame ? He's all a knave, or half a slave, Who slights his country thus... | |
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