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Poem by Thomas Moore


From “Irish Melodies”. 4. Oh! Breathe Not His Name


OH! breathe not his name, let it sleep in the shade,
Where cold and unhonour’d his relics are laid:
Sad, silent, and dark, be the tears that we shed,
As the night-dew that falls on the grass o’er his head.

But the night-dew that falls, though in silence it weeps,
Shall brighten with verdure the grave where he sleeps;
And the tear that we shed, though in secret it rolls,
Shall long keep his memory green in our souls.



Thomas Moore


Thomas Moore's other poems:
  1. From “Irish Melodies”. 47. What the Bee Is to the Floweret
  2. From “The Odes of Anacreon”. Ode 32
  3. From “The Odes of Anacreon”. Ode 16
  4. From “Irish Melodies”. 3. Erin! The Tear and the Smile in Thine Eyes
  5. From “The Odes of Anacreon”. Ode 74


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