 | Thomas Moore - 1806 - 328 pages
...rencontre Deux cavaliers tres-bien monies ; Soon as the woods on shore look dim, We'll sing at St. Ann's our parting hymn.* Row, brothers, row, the stream...unfurl ? There is not a breath the blue wave to curl 1 And the refrain to every verse was, A 1'ombre d'un bois je m'en vais jouer, A 1'ombre d'un bois je... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1806 - 370 pages
...tres bien montes; QQ Soon as the woods on shore look dim, We'll sing at St. Ann's our parting hymn2. Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The rapids are near and the day-light's past ! And the refrain to every verse was A 1'ombre d'un bois je m'en vais jouer, A 1'ombre d'un bois je... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1806 - 374 pages
...this green isle ! hear our prayers, Oh ! grant us cool heavens and favoring airs. Blow, breezes, blow, the stream runs fast, The rapids are near and the day-light's past ! EPISTLE IX. TO THE LADY CHARLOTTE R -WD N. FROM THE BANKS OF THE ST. LAWRENCE. NOT many months have... | |
 | Oxford city, Holywell music room - 1808 - 170 pages
...voices keep tune, and our oars keep time; Soon as the woods on shore look dim We'll sing at St. Ann's our parting hymn: Row, brothers, row, the stream runs...fast, The rapids are near, and the day-light's past. R a Why should we yet our sail unfurl ? There is not a breath the blue wave to curl ; But when the... | |
 | Renfrew county - 1821 - 542 pages
...keep tune, and our oars keep time ; Soon as the woods on shore look dim, We'll sing, at St. Ann's, our parting hymn ; Row, brothers, row, the stream...fast, The rapids are near, and the day-light's past! * This Canadian boat-song, was written by Thomas Moore, Esq; to an air, aitng by tile boatmen in <l&scctuling... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1823 - 344 pages
...the refrain to every verse was, VOL. It. Soon as the woods on shore look dim, We'll sing at St. Ann's our parting hymn. * Row, brothers, row, the stream...fast, The Rapids are near and the daylight's past 1 Why should we yet our sail unfurl ? There is not a breath the blue wave to curl ! A l'ombrc d'un... | |
 | John Morison Duncan - 1823 - 436 pages
...across the confined pass, if I may so call it, and the burden of Moore's song was forcibly suggested. " Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The rapids are near and the day light's past !" Though the afternoon had been very hot, and the sun's rays, reflected from the... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1823 - 348 pages
...green isle ! hear our prayers, Oh ! grant us cool heavens and favouring airs. Blow, breezes, blow, the stream runs fast, The Rapids are near and the daylight's past ! EPISTLE IX. LA.DY CHARLOTTE R— WD— N. • 10 THE LADY CHARLOTTE R— WD— N. FROM THE BANKS... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - 1823 - 266 pages
...wither'd waste of life, those tears would flow to me ! THE FALLS OF OHIOPYLE. Blow, breezes, blow ! the stream runs fast, The rapids are near, and the daylight's past I THE FALLS OF OHIOPYLE. Go, where the water gtideth gently ever, Glideth by meadows that the greenest... | |
 | Edward Allen Talbot - 1824 - 452 pages
...says, to harmonize this air, by writing the following stanzas : FAIXTLY as tolls the evening chime, Our voices keep tune, and our oars keep time ; Soon as...runs fast, The rapids are near, and the day-light's pait ! Why should we our sail unfurl ? There is not a breath the blue wave to curl ; But when the wind... | |
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Oh ! sweetly we'll rest our weary oar. Blow, breezes, blow, the stream runs fast, The Rapids are near, and the daylight's past! 
