<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=115134" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A dirge for O'Connell</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Throw open, once again,<br> The portals of the tomb;<br> And give, among the glorious dead,<br> Another hero room!<br> <br> Unclose your shadowy ranks,<br> Illustrious shades, unclose!<br> The valiant Leader, crowned with years,<br> Goes down to his repose.<br> <br> The champion of Peace,<br> On many a well-fought field,<br> Whose bloodless victories left no stain<br> On his untarnished shield.<br> <br> A king, though on his brow<br> No jewelled crown might shine;<br> A king, although his patriot blood<br> Flowed from no royal line.<br> <br> A sovereign o'er that realm,<br> No boundaries can confine;<br> Whose throne was in a nation's heart;<br> Who reigned by right divine.<br> <br> A soldier of the Cross,<br> Who bore a stainless brand;<br> The preacher of a new Crusade,<br> To rescue a lost land.<br> <br> Rome! to thy care is given<br> The heart whose throbs are o'er;<br> Eternal City! to thy charge<br> Take this one relic more!<br> <br> And Erin, sad and lorn!<br> Take thou the sacred trust;<br> And let the soil he loved so well,<br> Commingle with his dust.<br> <br> And Fame, take thou in charge<br> The patriot's renown;<br> And gather from your amaranth fields,<br> Another fadeless crown!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Anne+Lynch+Botta">Anne Lynch Botta</a> from <i>Poems</i><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=115134" data-title="A dirge for O'Connell de Anne Lynch Botta" data-description="Throw open, once again,/ The portals of the tomb;/ And give, among the glorious dead,/ Another hero room!/ / Unclose your shadowy ranks,/ Illustrious shades, unclose!/ The valiant Leader, crowned with years,/ Goes down to his repose./ / The ch..."></div> </div> </div>

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