LYRICS
Silent, oh Moyle!
Be the roar of thy water,
Break not, ye breezes,
Your chain of repose.
While, murmuring mournfully,
Lir’s lonely daughter
Tells to the night-star
Her tale of woes.
When shall the swan,
Her death note singing.
Sleep, with wings in darkness furl’d?
When will heav’n,
Its sweet bell ringing,
Call my spirit from this stormy world?
Sadly, oh Moyle!
to thy winter wave weeping,
Fate bids me languish
long ages away;
Yet still in her darkness doth,
Erin lie sleeping,
Still doth the pure light
It’s dawning delay!
When will that day-star
mildly springing,
Warm our isle with peace and love?
When will heav’n,
Its sweet bell ringing,
Call my spirit to the fields above?