 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. Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The Rapids are near and the daylight's past.  Annual Report - Page 641876Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Moore - 1838 - 412 pages
...CANADIAN BOAT-SONG. WRITTEN ON THE RIVER ST. LAWRENCE.1 Et remigem cantin hnrtalur. FAINTLY as tolla the evening chime Our voices keep tune, and our oars keep time: -, 1 I wrote (hese words to an air, which our boatmen sung to us very frequently- The wind was во... | |
 | Priscilla Maden Watts - 1839 - 286 pages
...obey ; Oh ! sailor boy ! sailor boy — peace to thy soul ! A CANADIAN BOAT SONG. BY THOMAS MOORK. FAINTLY as tolls the evening chime, Our voices keep...oars keep time. Soon as the woods on shore look dim We sing at St. Ann's our parting hymn. Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The rapids are near,... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...soft as now it hangs o'er thee ! A CANADIAN BOAT-BONG. " Et remigem cantus hortatur." — Quintilian. FAINTLY as tolls the evening chime, Our voices keep...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...voices keep tune, and our 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...fast, The rapids are near, and the daylight's past ! Why should we yet our sail unfurl * There is not a breath the blue wave to curl! But when the wind... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1840 - 394 pages
...the magnificent scenery of the St. Lawrence repays all such difficulties. POEMS RELATING TO AMERICA. Soon as the woods on shore look dim, We'll sing at St. Ann's our parting hymn.* Dans limit elicit tin j'ai rencontr£ Deux cavaliers tres-bien months ; And the refrain to every verse... | |
 | Thomas Moore - English poetry - 1840 - 414 pages
..." CANADIAN BOAT SONG. -WRITTEN ON THE RIVEK ST. LAWRENCE.* Et remigem cantus hortatur. QUINTILIAN. FAINTLY as tolls the evening chime Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time. * I wrote these words to an air which our boatmen sung to us frequently. The wind was so unfavourable... | |
 | Richard Harris Barham - 1841 - 926 pages
...Mr. Bob Coryton. THE RUBBER OF LIFE. BY DALTON INCOLD6BY. GAME THE LAST. GAME THE LAST. CHAPTER I. Faintly as tolls the evening chime, Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time, But when the wind blows off the shore, Oh sweetly we'll rest our weary oar. Row, brothers, row ! Duncan... | |
 | Thomas Moore - English poetry - 1840 - 398 pages
...AMERICA. CANADIAN BOAT SONG. WRITTEN ON THE RIVER ST. LAWRENCE.* Et remigem cantus hortatur. QUINTILIAN. FAINTLY as tolls the evening chime Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time. * I wrote these words to an air which our boatmen sung to us frequently. The wind was so unfavourable... | |
 | william gardiner - 1841 - 500 pages
...communicated to the wave. A beautiful illustration is to be found in Mr. Moore's words and music — ' Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast ; The rapids are near, and the day-light past.' ing an ear to all the niceties of music and a correct taste. Under the term accent,... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1842 - 524 pages
...St. Anne, the patroness of the Canadian toyageurs, immortalized in Moore's Canadian Boat Song : — " Faintly as tolls the evening chime, Our voices keep...as the woods on shore look dim, We'll sing at St. Anne's our parting hymn." It was here they made confession, and offered up their vows, previous to... | |
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