Bibliography - Diamond Irish Sentimental, 1812

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Short Title Diamond Irish Sentimental, 1812 
Title Diamond Songster, The 
Pages 70 
Publisher Lucas, Jun'r, F. 
Location MdBP, PP, MWA Cat:Mini Books 
Date 1812 
Place Baltimore 
Data Place MWA Mini Books 
Comments See comments under Lowens 413 
First Line Page Verses
Ah, soldiers of Britain, your merciless doings (fl)  3-6 
There came to the beach a poor exile of Erin (fl)  6-9 
As down on Banna's banks I stray'd, one morning in May (fl)  9-11 
Oh, did you not hear of Kate Kearney (fl)  11 
Oh yes, I have seen this Kate Kearney (fl)  12 
Where Liffey rolls its silver stream (fl)  13 
Dear Erin, how sweetly thy green bosom rises (fl)  13-14 
Sleep on, sleep on, my Kathleen dear (fl)  15 
Ah! dark are the halls where your ancestors revell'd (fl)  15-16 
Beam on the streamlet was playing, The (fl)  16-17 
Oh! breathe not his name, let it sleep in the shade (fl)  17-18 
Oh! the moment was sad, when my love and I parted (fl)  18-19 
To thy green fields, sweet Erin, I've long bid adieu (fl)  19-20 
Go where glory waits thee (fl)  20-21 
Remember the glories of Brien the brave (fl)  22-23 
When he who adores thee, has left but the name (fl)  23-24 
Erin! the tear and the smile in thine eyes (fl)  24-25 
Tho' the last glimpse of Erin with sorrow I see (fl)  25-26 
Oh! think not my spirits are always as light (fl)  26-27 
We may roam thro' this world, like a child at a feast (fl)  28-29 
Come send round the wine, and leave points of belief (fl)  29-30 
Drink to her, who long (fl)  31-32 
When in death I shall calm recline (fl)  32-33 
When through life unblest we rove (fl)  33-34 
'Tis believed that this harp, which I wake now for thee (fl)  34-35 
Sun was set, the sky serene, The (fl)  35-36 
Thou dear seducer of my heart (fl)  36-37 
As a beam o'er the face of the waters may glow (fl)  37-38 
Take back the virgin page (fl)  38-39 
How oft has the Benshee cried (fl)  40 
Believe me if all those endearing young charms (fl)  41 
While gazing on the moon's light (fl)  42-43 
When day-light was yet sleeping under the billow (fl)  43-44 
[Wear with me the rosy wreath] (fl)  45 
Oh! blame not the bard if he fly to the bow'r (fl)  46-48 
Silent, oh Moyle! be the roar of thy waters (fl)  48-49 
My thoughts delight to wander (fl)  49-50 
Ah! sweet were the moments when love vows repeating (fl)  50-51 
Oh! 'tis sweet to think, that where e'er we rove (fl)  51-52 
As on a wave the sun beam slept (fl)  53-54 
Fair Sally, once the village pride (fl)  54-55 
Oh! Hush the soft sigh, maid, and dry the sweet tear (fl)  55-56 
Ye winds and ye waves, bear my sorrows away (fl)  56-57 
My Eva! see this op'ning rose (fl)  57 
Harp that once through Tarra's halls, The [sic] (fl)  58 
O, ever in my bosom live (fl)  58-59 
Green were the fields where my forefathers dwelt (fl)  60-62 
Oh! hast thou e'er seen the first star of the night (fl)  62-63 
As I strayed o'er a common on Cork's rugged border (fl)  63-66 
To the cliffs, while below the huge surges are foaming (fl)  66-69 
Within this shelter'd mossy dell (fl)  70 
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