 Oft in the stilly night Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Fond Memory brings the light Of other days around me : The smiles, the tears Of boyhood's years, The words of love then spoken ; The eyes that shone, Now dimm'd and gone, The cheerful hearts now...  The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore - Page 226by Thomas Moore - 1844 - 691 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1864 - 380 pages
...stilly night, Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Fond mejn'ry brings the light Of other days nround me. The smiles, the tears of boyhood's years, The words of love then spoken, The eye that shone, now dimm'd and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken ! Thus, in the stilly night, Ere... | |
 | David Thomas - 1864 - 756 pages
...stilly night. Ere slumber's chain has riound me, Pond mciu'ry brings tbu light Of other days nround me. The smiles, the tears of boyhood's years, The words of love then spoken. The eye that shone, now dinuu'd and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken ! Thus, in the stiily night, Ero... | |
 | 1865 - 408 pages
...go our gondolets O'er the moonlight sea. OFT, IN THE STILLY NIGHT. (SCOTCH AIR.) OPT, in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain has bound me, Fond Memory...words of love then spoken ; The eyes that shone, Now dimm'd and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken ! Thus, in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain has... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 pages
...an hour with Beauty's chain, Then throw it idly by. The Blue Stocking. Oft in the stilly night E'er slumber's chain has bound me, Fond Memory brings the light Of other days around me. Oft in the Stilly Night. The eyes that shone Now dimmed and gone. Ibid. I feel like one... | |
 | Mrs. Henry Wood, Charles William Wood - 1876 - 548 pages
...friends lost by death or circumstances. 'Tis then we realise the truth and pathos of the lines : — " Oft in the stilly night, Ere slumber's chain has bound...words of love then spoken ; The eyes that shone, now dimmed and gone, The cheerful hearts, now broken ! " When I remember all The friends, so linked together,... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1866 - 412 pages
...may break, you may ruin the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still. Oft in the stilly night, ere slumber's chain has bound...words of love then spoken ; The eyes that shone, now dimmed and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken ! When I remember all the friends, so linked together,... | |
 | Words - 1866 - 368 pages
...fond ones are flown, O ! who would inhabit This bleak world alone 1 Moore. OFT IN THE S.TILLY NIGHT. Oft in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain has bound...words of love then spoken ; The eyes that shone, Now dimmed and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken ! Thus, in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain has... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1866 - 726 pages
...when it grows, and smells, I swear, not of itself but thee ! B. JONSON 329 THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS OFT in the stilly night, ere Slumber's chain has bound...words of love then spoken ; the eyes that shone, now dimmed and gone, the cheerful hearts now broken ! When I remember all the friends so linked together,... | |
 | Henrietta Keddie - 1866 - 332 pages
...pensive associations ; his favourite song was Moore's " Stilly Night," with its pensive refrain, — " Oft in the stilly night, Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Fond memory brings the light Of other days around me." And I think his favourite verse was that which refers so tenderly to — " The smiles and... | |
 | John Miller D. Meiklejohn - 1866 - 86 pages
...I remember, The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn. 4. Oft in the stilly night, Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Fond memory brings the light Of other days around me. 5. Such pains she had That she in half a year was mad, And in a prison housed. 6. Ye know... | |
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