Spirit of Boccaccio's Decameron; comprising three days entertainment, tr., and versified, from the Italian, Volum 3

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Side 247 - ... the third day, the story-tellers having retired to rest, the author greets his readers and bids them slumber calmly. This leads him by contrast to dwell on the unhappy state of Ireland : When shall poor Erin so repose in peace, When from her couch may be expell'd the thorn, When shall blood-reeking ghastly visions cease, To let her rise refresh'd on breezy morn ? When persecution, ignorance, and pride, From ruling councils banish'd shall go forth, She then may be by her own merits try'd, And...
Side 248 - Scotch reviewers, tho' you damn these sheets, Hibernia stands not lightly in your scale, For which my heart your minds enlighten'd greets. He ends with an expression of his conviction that one day reason and enlightenment will gain the victory : The time will come when prejudice's clouds, DispelTd shall be by reason's cheering ray, And the dark mist which confidence enshrouds, Will fly before her as night flies from day.1 Without difficulty...
Side 248 - ... pride, From ruling councils banish'd shall go forth, She then may be by her own merits try'd, And valued in proportion to her worth. When matricides corruption's bribes shall spurn, And patriotic principles assume, Again lerne to those sons will turn, Tho' Nero-like they've rip'd her teeming womb. When proud Britannia may in wisdom deign, Her goading rods for silken reins to change, Then Erin's genius and her rosy train, O'er her green bosom joyfully shall range. So intense is his fervour that...
Side 247 - ... cannot help recalling the passion of the Irish Melodies which Moore was still composing in 1812. At the close of the third day, the story-tellers having retired to rest, the author greets his readers and bids them slumber calmly. This leads him by contrast to dwell on the unhappy state of Ireland : When shall poor Erin so repose in peace, When from her couch may be expell'd the thorn, When shall blood-reeking ghastly visions cease, To let her rise refresh'd on breezy morn ? When persecution,...

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