 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 - Page 90by Thomas Moore - 1825 - 6 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ballads, English - 1834 - 480 pages
...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...And I'll hide the maid in a cypress tree, When the footsteps of death are near. Away to the dismal swamp he speeds, His path was ragged and sore, rhroueh... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1835 - 440 pages
...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, And man never trod before ! And when on the earth he sunk to sleep, If slumber his eyelids knew,... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1838 - 412 pages
...paddles her white canoe. And her fire-fly lamp I soon shall see, And her paddle I soon shall hear ; jOng and loving our life shall be, And I'll hide the maid...Swamp he speeds — His path was rugged and sore, [brough tangled juniper, beds of reeds, Chrough many a fen, where the serpent feeds, And man never... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - Adventure and adventurers - 1838 - 672 pages
...night long, by a fire-fly lamp*, She paddles her white canoe And her lire-fly-lamp I soon shall see And her paddle I soon shall hear: Long and loving our life shall be, And I'll hide the maid in a cypress-tree, When the footstep of death is near. His path was rugged and sore, Thro' tangled juniper... | |
 | Jewel - 1839 - 352 pages
...night long, by the 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 ne'er trod before ! And when on the earth he sunk to sleep, If sleep his eye-lids knew,... | |
 | Priscilla Maden Watts - 1839 - 286 pages
...long, by a fire-fly lamp, She'll paddle her white canoe. " And her fire-fly lamp I soon shall see, And her paddle I soon shall hear ; Long and loving our life shall be, And I 'l1 hide the maid in a cypress tree, When the footstep of Death is near ! " Away to the Dismal Swamp... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1840 - 394 pages
...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 - English poetry - 1840 - 414 pages
...it (about seven miles long) is called Drummond's Pond. " 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 - English poetry - 1840 - 398 pages
...She paddles her white canoe. POEMS RELATING TO AMERICA. " 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,... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - Recitations - 1844 - 302 pages
...And the white canoe 1 soon shall see, And the paddle I soon shall hear, And long and loving our lives shall be, And I'll hide the maid in a cypress tree, When the footstep of Death is near. Off to the Dismal Swamp he speeds, His path was rugged and sore ; Through tangled juniper, beds of... | |
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