Ireland for the Irish Rhymes and Reasons Against Landlordism with a Preface on Fenianism and Republicanism. By W. J. Linton, Formerly of the Irish "Nation" |
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TRY AGAIN |
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TRY AGAIN
The coldest hours are close upon the morn;
Night ever neareth day:
Up, man! and wrestle yet again with scorn;
Each footstep is a fall,—move on thy way!
Try again!
Night ever neareth day:
Up, man! and wrestle yet again with scorn;
Each footstep is a fall,—move on thy way!
Try again!
Is baffled beaten? Will the hero fail,
Flung down beneath a wall?
Another ladder! Let our comrades scale
The top, o'er us piled stair-like as we fall!
Try again!
Flung down beneath a wall?
Another ladder! Let our comrades scale
The top, o'er us piled stair-like as we fall!
Try again!
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O Hope forlornest, masked like Despair!
Truth must some day succeed.
Thy failure proves—What? Thy once failing there.
Fail yet again if there be martyr need!
Try again!
Truth must some day succeed.
Thy failure proves—What? Thy once failing there.
Fail yet again if there be martyr need!
Try again!
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