The Shamrock or, Hibernian Cresses. A Collection of Poems, Songs, Epigrams, &c. Latin as well as English, The Original Production of Ireland. To which are subjoined thoughts on the prevailing system of school education, respecting young ladies as well as gentlemen: with practical proposals for a reformation [by Samuel Whyte] |
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The Victory is thine!—
Though Toils, though Cares my Steps oppose,
On Peril, still, though Peril grows,
Celestial Visitant, be Glory mine!
Though Toils, though Cares my Steps oppose,
On Peril, still, though Peril grows,
Celestial Visitant, be Glory mine!
Do thou, sweet Maid, my young Feet guide
To yonder bright Abode,
Yon star-crown'd Hill, where Virtue's Sons reside;
Where the Renown'd of antient Days,
Heirs of universal Praise,
Heroes, and Patriots trod!
To yonder bright Abode,
Yon star-crown'd Hill, where Virtue's Sons reside;
Where the Renown'd of antient Days,
Heirs of universal Praise,
Heroes, and Patriots trod!
Hear, Parent Jove, the Wish sublime
That fires my expanding Soul,
Crown of my Toils be this,! be this my Goal!
To live, through undecaying Time,
In Fame's eternal Roll!
That fires my expanding Soul,
Crown of my Toils be this,! be this my Goal!
To live, through undecaying Time,
In Fame's eternal Roll!
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