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Thomas Moore - Tis Gone, And For Ever
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`Tis gone, and for ever, the light we saw breaking, 
   Like Heaven`s first dawn o`er the sleep of the dead — 
When Man, from the slumber of ages awaking, 
   Look`d upward, and bless`d the pure ray, ere it fled. 
`Tis gone, and the gleams it has left of its burning, 
But deepen the long night of bondage and mourning, 
That dark o`er the kingdoms of earth is returning, 
   And darkest of all, hapless Erin, o`er thee. 

For high was thy hope, when those glories were darting 
   Around thee, through all the gross clouds of the world; 
When Truth, from her letters indignantly starting, 
   At once, like a sun-burst, her banner unfurl`d.
Oh! never shall earth see a moment so splendid! 
Then, then — had one Hymn of Deliverance blended 
The tongues of all nations — how sweet had ascended 
   The first note of liberty , Erin, from thee! 

But, shame on those tyrants who envied the blessing! 
   And shame on the light race, unworthy its good, 
Who, at Death`s reeking altar, like furies, caressing 
   The young hope of Freedom, baptised it in blood. 
Then vanish`d for ever that fair sunny vision, 
Which, spite of the slavish, the cold heart`s derision, 
Shall long be remember`d, pure, bright, and elysian, 
   As first it arose, my lost Erin, on thee.
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