The harp that once thro’ Tara’s halls (William Rhys-Herbert)

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• (Posted 2024-01-26)  CPDL #78895:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2024-01-26).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 241 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: The harp that once thro’ Tara’s halls
Composer: Anonymous (Traditional)
Arranger: William Rhys-Herbert
Lyricist: Thomas Moore
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong, Folksong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1904 J. Fischer & Bro.
Description: IRISH AIR: GRAMACHREE

Original text and translations

English text

The harp that once through Tara’s halls
  The soul of music shed,
Now hangs as mute on Tara’s walls,
  As if that soul were fled. —
So sleeps the pride of former days,
  So glory’s thrill is o’er,
And hearts, that once beat high for praise,
  Now feel that pulse no more.

No more to chiefs and ladies bright
  The harp of Tara swells;
The chord alone, that breaks at night,
  Its tale of ruin tells.
Thus Freedom now so seldom wakes,
  The only throb she gives,
Is when some heart indignant breaks,
  To show that still she lives.