Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Ireland: Vol. V. 1876–79. | | | | Introductory | | Let Erin Remember the Days of Old | | Thomas Moore (1779–1852) |
| | | LET Erin remember the days of old, | |
| Ere her faithless sons betrayed her; | |
| When Malachi wore the collar of gold, | |
| Which he won from her proud invader; | |
| When her kings, with standard of green unfurled, | 5 |
| Led the Red-Branch Knights to danger;— | |
| Ere the emerald gem of the western world | |
| Was set in the crown of a stranger. | |
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| On Lough Neagh’s bank as the fisherman strays, | |
| When the clear, cold eve ’s declining, | 10 |
| 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 through the waves of time | 15 |
| For the long-faded glories they cover! | | | | |
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