<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=530024" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Dream of Those Days</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The dream of those days when first I sung thee is o'er <br>Thy triumph hath stain'd the charm thy sorrows then wore; <br>And even the light which Hope once shed o'er thy chains, <br>Alas, not a gleam to grace thy freedom remains. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Say, is it that slavery sunk so deep in thy heart, <br>That still the dark brand is there, though chainless thou art; <br>And Freedom's sweet fruit, for which thy spirit long burn'd, <br>Now, reaching at last thy lip, to ashes hath turn'd? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Up Liberty's steep by Truth and Eloquence led, <br>With eyes on her temple fix'd, how proud was thy tread! <br>Ah, better thou ne'er hadst lived that summit to gain, <br>Denied in the porch, than thus dishonour the fane.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Thomas+Moore">Thomas Moore</a><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=530024" data-title="The Dream of Those Days de Thomas Moore" data-description="The dream of those days when first I sung thee is o'er Thy triumph hath stain'd the charm thy sorrows then wore; And even the light which Hope once shed o'er thy chains, Alas, not a gleam to grace thy freedom remains. Say, is it that slavery ..."></div> </div> </div>

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