 They made her a grave too cold and damp For a soul so warm and true; And she's gone to the Lake of the Dismal Swamp, Where all night long, by a fire-fly lamp, She paddles her white canoe. "And her fire-fly lamp I soon shall see And her paddle I soon shall...  The Works of Thomas Moore, Esq - Pagina 90di Thomas Moore - 1825 - 6 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | 1807 - 542 pagine
...lier white canoe. " And lier Fire-fly lamp I soon shall see, And her paddle Isoun shall hear; Ixmg and loving our life shall be — And I'll hide the maid in a cypress-tree, When t hi- footstep of Death is nearf." Away to the Dismal Sn-amp ho speeds^^ His path... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1806 - 328 pagine
...it (about seven miles long) is called Drummond's Pond. t " And her fire-fly lamp I soon shall see, " And her paddle I soon shall hear ; " Long and loving...beds of reeds, Through many a fen, where the serpent feeds, And man never trod before ! And, when on the earth he sunk to sleep, If slumber his eyelids... | |
 | 1807 - 442 pagine
...inspiration of plenary absurdity, disguised in rhyme. 2 " And her fire-fly lamp I, soon, shall sec, And her paddle I, soon, shall hear; Long and loving...cypress tree, When the foot-step of death is near !" The Epistle to the Marchioness Dowager of D II, from Bermuda, contains some smooth lines ; but it... | |
 | Priscilla Wakefield - 1809 - 234 pagine
...long, by a fire-fly * lamp, She 'paddles her white canoe. " And her fire-fly lamp I soon shall see, And her paddle I soon shall hear ; Long and loving...cypress tree, When the footstep of Death is near." • The fire-fly is an insect common in this part of the country i in its flight, it sheds a beam of... | |
 | Thomas Condie - 1813 - 262 pagine
...long, by a fire.fly lamp, She paddles her white сaпoе : " And her fire-fly lamp I soon shall see, And her paddle I soon shall hear ; Long and loving...And I'll hide the maid in a cypress tree, When the, footsteps of death are near." Away to the Dismal Swamp he speeds, Its path was rugged and sore, Through... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - 1817 - 266 pagine
...night long, by a Fire-fly lamp, She paddles her white canoe. And her Fire-fly lamp I soon shall see, And her paddle I soon shall hear; Long and loving...Swamp he speeds, — His path was rugged and sore, Thro' tangled juniper beds of reeds, Through many a fen where the serpent feeds, And man ne'er trod... | |
 | Renfrew county - 1821 - 542 pagine
...fourteen, he was entered a studenf in Trinity College. xe " And her fire-fly lamp I soon shall see, " And her paddle I soon shall hear ; " Long and loving...cypress tree, " When the footstep of death is near 1" Away to the dismal swamp he speeds — His path was rugged and sore. Through tangl'd juniper, beds... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1823 - 344 pagine
...long, by a fire-fly lamp, " She paddles her white canoe. " And her fire-fly lamp I soon shall see, " And her paddle I soon shall hear ; " Long and loving...beds of reeds, Through many a fen, where the serpent feeds, And man never trod before ! And when on the earth he sunk to sleep, If slumber his eyelids knew,... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1823 - 348 pagine
...long, by a fire-fly lamp, " She paddles her white canoe. " And her fire-fly lamp I soon shall see, " And her paddle I soon shall hear ; " Long and loving...cypress tree, " When the footstep of Death is near ! " The Great Dismal Swamp is ten or twelve miles distant from Norfolk, and the Lake in the middle... | |
 | Peter Buchan - 1825 - 228 pagine
...night long, by a fire-fly lamp, She paddles her white canoe. And her fire-fly lamp I soon shall see, And her paddle I soon shall hear ; long and loving...beds of reeds, Through many a fen where the serpent feeds, 22 And when on the earth he sunk to sleep, If slumber his eye-lids knew, He lay, where the deadly... | |
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