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The Harp of Erin

Containing the Poetical Works of the Late Thomas Dermody. In Two Volumes

Dermody, Thomas (1775-1802)

VOL. I.

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VOL. II.

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O! while the mighty subject lifts my soul,
Let no vain muse with fabling voice control;
Far from my breast, by simpler knowledge smit,
The brilliant diction, and the meteor wit;
Sublimely plain, I scorn the glitt'ring guile,
All bursts of fancy, and all forms of style!