Excerpt from Ireland: A Poem Look for a moment at the revolutionary history of America. The plains of Quebec are crimsoned with the blood of our own Montgomery. He fell in the sacred cause of American freedom, while Irish swords have been seen flashing in the sultry sun-bursts of India, mounting the breaches of Seringapatam, and at the foot of the Pyramids of the Nile. Shall we recall the name of Emmet? The image of the tall white obelisk, now pressmg on his cold bosom, ' rises on -the mind's eye, a visioii of honor and renown gained in exile. But where shall we not look? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.