...and dark, be the tears that we shed, As the night-dew that falls on the grass o'er his head. But the night-dew that falls, though in silence it weeps,...sleeps; And the tear that we shed, though in secret in rolls, Shall long keep his memory green in our souls. 48 WB Yeats noted the irony that the British...

...and dark, be the tears that we shed, As the night-dew that falls on the grass o'er his head. But the night-dew that falls, though in silence it weeps,...rolls, Shall long keep his memory green in our souls. She is far from the land* (181 1) She is far from the land where her young hero sleeps, And lovers...

...tears the nation's grief is spent / Mankind has lost a friend, and we a President." At 843 Broadway: "The tear that we shed, / Though in secret it rolls,...Shall long keep his memory / Green in our souls." Many verses are, like these, lilting and predictable in their rhymes; others, like this one, are more...

...be the tears that we shed, As the night-dew that falls on the grass o'er his head. But the night dew that falls, though in silence it weeps, Shall brighten...Shall long keep his memory green in our souls. When RR Madden discovered that Anne Devlin had been buried in a pauper's grave at Glasnevin in 1851, he...

...and dark be the tears that we shed, As the night-dew that falls on the grass o'er his head! But the night-dew that falls, though in silence it weeps,...rolls, Shall long keep his memory green in our souls. —Moore's Irish Melodies Weeping and lamenting usually took place privately and behind closed doors...