Emerald Isle: The author of this epithet was Dr. William Drennan, of Belfast, who died 1820. It occurs in a poem entitled "Erin," of which the fourth stanza runs thus; "Arm of Erin! prove strong, but be gentle as brave, And, uplifting to strike, still be ready to save, Not one feeling of vengeance presume to defile The cause, or the men of the Emerald Isle."

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