| Lyrics: | A NATION ONCE AGAIN
When boyhood's fire was in my blood
I read of ancient freemen,
For
Greece and Rome who bravely stood,
Three hundred men and three men;
And then I prayed I yet
might see
Our fetters rent in twain,
And Ireland. long a province, be
A Nation once
again!
Chorus:
A nation once again,
A nation once again,
And Ireland, long a
province, be
A Nation once again!
And from that time, through wildest woe,
That hope has
shown a far light,
Nor could love's brightest summer glow
Outshine that solemn
starlight;
It seemed to watch above my head
In forum, field and fame,
Its angel voice
sang round my bed,
A Nation once again.
Chorus.
It whisper'd too, that freedom's
ark,
And service high and holy,
Would be profaned by feeling dark
And passions vain or
lowly;
For, Freedom comes from God's right hand,
And needs a godly train;
And righteous
men must make our land
A nation once again!
Chorus.
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