| Several Hands - 1782 - 586 pages
...to ihore, Merrily ply our jovial trade. And while the Moon (hiñes on the dream. And as foft mufic breathes around ; The feathering oar returns the gleam. And dips in concert to the found. II. Down by fome Convent's mould'ring walls Oft we bear the enamour'd Youth; Softly the watchful... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1782 - 588 pages
...more to fhore, Merrily ply our jovial trade. And while the Moon mines on the flream. And as foft muGc breathes around ; The feathering oar returns the gleam, And dips in concert (o the found. II. Down by fome Convent's mould'ring walls Oft we bear the enamour'd Youth ; Softly... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1825 - 524 pages
...sentiment discoverable through his poetry. The following, as well as I can recollect, are the lines : — " And while the moon shines on the stream, And as soft...returns the gleam, And dips in concert to the sound." I have already given a humorous Dedication of The Rivals, written by Tickell on the margin of a copy... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1826 - 570 pages
...sentiment discoverable through his poetry. The following, as well as I can recollect, are the lines : — " And while the moon shines on the stream, And as soft...returns the gleam, And dips in concert to the sound." I have already given a humorous Dedication of the Rivals, written by Tickell on the margin of a copy... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1832 - 520 pages
...discoverable through his poetry. The following, as well as I can recollect, are the lines : — -' And while the moon shines on the stream, And as soft...returns the gleam, And dips in concert to the sound." I have already given a humorous Dedication of the Rivals, written by Ticiell on the margin of a copy... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1853 - 360 pages
...sentiment discoverable through his poetry. The following, as well as I can recollect, are the lines:— * " And while the moon shines on the stream, And as soft...returns the gleam, And dips in concert to the sound." I have already given a humorous Dedication of the Rivals, •written by Tickell on the margin of a... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1856 - 434 pages
...evening comes with pleasant shade, We gondoliers, from shore to shore, Merrily ply our jovial trade; And while the moon shines on the stream, And as soft...returns the gleam, And dips in concert to the sound. Down by some convent's mouldering walls Oft we bear th' enamonr'd youth ; Softly the watchful fair... | |
| Samuel Rogers, William Maltby - 1856 - 382 pages
...evening comes with pleasant shade, We gondoliers, from shore to shore, Merrily ply our jovial trade ; And while the moon shines on the stream, And as soft...returns the gleam, And dips in concert to the sound. Down by some convent's mouldering walls Oft we bear th' enamour'd youth ; Softly the watchful fair... | |
| Walter Sydney Sichel - 1909 - 728 pages
...speculative.' Most irregular both in life and habits, an able 1 The Gondolier's song was long popular : — " And while the moon shines on the stream, And as soft...returns the gleam And dips in concert to the sound." Another begins in the style of "The Duenna": — " By adverse fate when beauty sighs, A mingled claim... | |
| 1842 - 780 pages
...I thought of a song in the Carnival of Venice. "And while the moon shines on the stream, And while soft music breathes around, The feathering oar returns the gleam And dips in concert to the sound." Having ascended beyond the inner highlands, our boats were put about. The men resting on their oars... | |
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