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... Critical and Miscellaneous Essays - Page 341by John Wilson - 1842Full view - About this book
| England - 1839 - 870 pages
...poetry more favourable, we think, because more natural and simple, than any we have yet extracted. No one can be insensible to the touching effect of...stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain has bound me, Fond Muoi'rv brings the light Of other days around me ; The smiles, the tears, Of boyhood's years, The words... | |
| English essays - 1820 - 736 pages
...Gondolier*. There ii much pathos in the following stanzas; the air to which they are attached is Scotch. " Oft in the stilly night, Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Fond memory brings the light, Of other days arovtnd me. The smiles, the tears of boyhood's ye»r», The... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1821 - 276 pages
...les gondoliers a Venise.—Rousseau, Dictimnaire de Musique. OFT IN THE STILLY NIGHT. AIR—Scotch. OFT in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain has bound...Of other days around me. The smiles, the tears, Of boyhood years, The words of love then spoken, The eyes that shone, Now dimm'd and gone, The cheerful... | |
| 1821 - 498 pages
...teach, How near perfection's height the works of man might reach. >/. SCOTCH UK. By Tfumai Home, Etj. 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 yean. The wordi... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1823 - 464 pages
...me, When smoothly go our gondolets O'er the moonlight sea. OFT, IN THE STILLY NIGHT. Scotch Air. I. 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, * Barcarolles,... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1823 - 314 pages
...me, When smoothly go our gondolets O'er the moonlight sea. OFT, IN THE STILLY NIGHT. Scotch Air. I. 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, * Barearolles,... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1828 - 232 pages
...to me, When smoothly go our gondolets O'er the moonlight sea. OFT, IN THE STILLY NIGHT. Scotch Mr. L 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... | |
| Thomas Moore - 1829 - 456 pages
...cb*nwn*TVn langue »ollh-ooe, qme ..[¡ii. f Лв МлMOORE'S WORKS. OFT, IN THE STILLY NIGHT. Scotch Air. OFT, in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain has bound me, Fond Memory brings the light Of other day* around me ; The smiles, the tears, Of boyhood's years, The words... | |
| Midnight musings - 1832 - 162 pages
...true — Perchance remembrance then will dwell On HIV who only loved too well. Farewell ! MIDNIGHT. OFT in the stilly night, Ere slumber's chain has bound...Fond Mem'ry brings the light Of other days around me. Moonv. IT is the hour whose tranquil pow'r breathes holiness and peace, And bids the aching heart... | |
| William Cox - New York (N.Y.) - 1833 - 268 pages
...wagons, and the multifarious cries of oysters, hot rolls, and old clothes, to hear a fellow bawling — " Oft in the stilly night, Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Fond memory brings the light Of other days around me !" I or a waddling old woman, with a strictly feline... | |
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