"Only poor labouring men! And when was Ireland ever formidable to her oppressor without them? Could emancipation have …"

"I was a beardless stripling then, but proud as any lord; And well I might—in my right hand I grasped a freeman's swor…"

"Knocknagow is the national Irish novel. To love the "Homes of Tipperary" is to love what is purest and strongest and …"

"He gave us what still the best known of all Irish novels by dint, not of art, but of love and sincerity. Knocknagow n…"

"When I from life's unrest had earned the grace Of utter ease beside a quiet stream; When all that was had mingled in …"

"For sorrow and joy are one, and all the past And all the future mingle in a kiss."

"They said: "She dwelleth in some place apart, Immortal Truth, within whose eyes Who looks may find the secret of the …"

"Beloved, it is morn! A redder berry on the thorn, A deeper yellow on the corn, For this good day new-born."

"Aut lego vel scribo, doceo scrutorve sophiam, obsecro celsithronum nocte dieque meum, vescor, poto libens, rithmizans…"

"For power and place men may intrigue; but in order to have influence they must more or less deserve it. Power may, at…"