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Sydney Dobell ( 1824-1874 ) TO AMERICA ON A PROPOSED ALLIANCE BETWEEN TWO GREAT NATIONS What is the voice I hear On the winds of the western sea ? Sentinel , listen from out Cape Clear And say what the voice may be .
Sydney Dobell ( 1824-1874 ) TO AMERICA ON A PROPOSED ALLIANCE BETWEEN TWO GREAT NATIONS What is the voice I hear On the winds of the western sea ? Sentinel , listen from out Cape Clear And say what the voice may be .
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... him I love in your green quiet hollows , Your wavering winds have hushed him to soft forgetful sleep , Below dusk boughs where bird - voice after bird - voice follows In shafts of silver melody that split the hearkening deep .
... him I love in your green quiet hollows , Your wavering winds have hushed him to soft forgetful sleep , Below dusk boughs where bird - voice after bird - voice follows In shafts of silver melody that split the hearkening deep .
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They tell o ' lands wi ' brighter skies , Where freedom's voice ne'er rang ; Gie me the hills where Ossian lies , And Coila's minstrel sang ; For I've nae skill o ' lands , my lads , That kenna to be free ; Then Scotland's right and ...
They tell o ' lands wi ' brighter skies , Where freedom's voice ne'er rang ; Gie me the hills where Ossian lies , And Coila's minstrel sang ; For I've nae skill o ' lands , my lads , That kenna to be free ; Then Scotland's right and ...
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Unknown PIBROCH OF DONALD DHU PIBROCH of Donuil Dhu , Pibroch of Donuil , Wake thy wild voice anew , Summon Clan - Conuil ! Come away , come away , Hark to the summons ! Come in your war array , Gentles and commons .
Unknown PIBROCH OF DONALD DHU PIBROCH of Donuil Dhu , Pibroch of Donuil , Wake thy wild voice anew , Summon Clan - Conuil ! Come away , come away , Hark to the summons ! Come in your war array , Gentles and commons .
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And fain was their war - broken soldier to stay ; But sorrow returned with the dawning of morn , And the voice in my dreaming ear melted away . Thomas Campbell ( 1777-1844 ) THE CAVALIER'S SONG A STEED , a steed of matchless speed !
And fain was their war - broken soldier to stay ; But sorrow returned with the dawning of morn , And the voice in my dreaming ear melted away . Thomas Campbell ( 1777-1844 ) THE CAVALIER'S SONG A STEED , a steed of matchless speed !
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