“Oh! breathe not his name, let it sleep in the shade,
Where cold and unhonour'd his relics are laid.”

—  Thomas Moore

Oh Breathe Not His Name, st. 1.
Irish Melodies http://www.musicanet.org/robokopp/moore.html (1807–1834)

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Irish poet, singer and songwriter 1779–1852

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