Grace Cassidy, Vol. 1 of 3
Or, the Repealers; A Novel (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Grace Cassidy, Vol. 1 of 3: Or, the Repealers; A Novel<br><br>Hail land whose verdure with the emerald vies,<br>Whose sons are manly, generous - all - but wise;<br>Where hearts are warm, but heads, alas! are hot,<br>And prudence, goodly prudence, worshipp'd not.<br>Gem of the West, set in a stormy sea.<br>As if e'en Nature meant thee to be free;<br>The waves like barriers guarding thy green shore,<br>Or ready still to bear thee commerce o'er,<br>Say why has Nature smiled on thee in vain,<br>When still thy reckless sons her gifts profane,<br>And give to licence what is Freedom's due,<br>Freedom, that hapless Erin never knew,<br>And ne'er can know, till reason points the way,<br>And passion yields to her benignant sway.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.