 | 1856 - 754 pages
...greon isle ! hear our prayors ; Oh ! grant us oool heavens and favouring airs. Blow, breezes, blow ! the stream runs fast, The rapids are near, and the daylight's past ! NOTE. — At the rapid of St. Ann they are obliged to take out part, if not the whole, of their lading.... | |
 | John Disturnell - 1857 - 412 pages
...CANADIAN BOAT SONG. BY THOMAS VOORZ. Faintly as tolls the evening chime, Our voices keep tune and onr oars keep time ; Soon as the woods on shore look dim, We'll sing at St. Anne's our parting hymn. Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The Rapids are near and the daylight's... | |
 | Hearty staves, John Erskine Clarke - 1858 - 152 pages
...still a ranger, THE CANADIAN BOAT SONG. T. MOORE.—Music at Addison's. FAINTLY as tolls the evening chime, Our voices keep tune, and our oars keep time; Soon as the woods on shore grow dim, We'll sing to St. Ann our parting hymn. How, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The rapids... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1858 - 364 pages
...this green isle ! hear our prayers, Oh, grant us eool heavens and favouring airs, Blow, breezes, blow, the stream runs fast. The Rapids are near and the daylight's past. CUPID ANT) PSYCHE. 1IEY told her that he to whose vows she had listen'd "*• ' Through night's fleeting... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1866 - 580 pages
...any but mine !" A CANADIAN BOAT-SONG. WBITTIN ON THE BIVEK ST LAWBENCE. FAINTLY as tolls the evening chime, Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time....day-light's past ! Why should we yet our sail unfurl ? But, when the wind blows off the shore, Oh I sweetly we'll rest our weary oar. Blow, breezes, blow,... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1859 - 606 pages
...the River St. Lawrence. i Et remigem cantus hortatur.— Quintil'mtt. FAINTLY as tolls the evening chime, Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time....look dim, We'll sing at St. Ann's our parting hymn.* l I wrote these words to an air which our boatmen sung to us very frequently. The wind was so unfavourable... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1859 - 174 pages
...But, when the wind blows off the shore, Oh ! sweetly we'll rest our weary oar. Blow, breezes, blow, the stream runs fast, The Rapids are near, and the day-light's past ! Utawas' tide ! this trembling moon Shall see us float over thy surges soon. Saint of this green isle... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1859 - 212 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 day-light's past ! I MORE THAN ONCE HAVE HEARD, AT NIGHT. I MOEE than once have heard, at night, A song, like those... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1860 - 802 pages
...the thoughts expressed in the first verse of his Canadian Boat Song : " Faintly as tolls the evening chime. Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time...Soon as the woods on shore look dim, We'll sing at SL Ann's our evening hymn. Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The rapids are near, and the daylight's... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1860 - 782 pages
...tAWRESCE.1 Et remisem cantu» horUtur. QCTVIUU«. FAINTLY as tolls the evening chime Our voices keep tnne and our oars keep time Soon as the woods on shore look dim. We'll sing at St. Ann's our parting hvran.: How, brothers, row, the stream runs fast. The Rapids arc near and the daylight's pist Why should... | |
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FAINTLY as tolls the evening chime Our 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... 
