 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
 | Thomas Moore - Folk songs, Irish - 1859 - 212 pages
...e.—Zori, l\ft thou up the light of thy counts, nance upon us. " And her fire-fly lamp I soon shall sec, And her paddle I soon shall hear ; Long and loving...maid in a cypress tree. When the footstep of death ia near!" Away to the Dismal Swamp he speeds— His path was rugged and sore, Through tangled juniper,... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1860 - 782 pages
...mllei distant from " And her fire-fly lamp I soon shall see, " And her paddle I soon shall hear j " Long and loving our life shall be, " And I'll hide...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.... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1861 - 128 pages
...night long, by a firefly lamp, She paddles her white canoe. " And her firefly 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 - 1861 - 778 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...cypress tree, " When the footstep of death is near." Any to the Dismal Swamp he speeds — His path was rugged and sore, Through tangled juniper, beds of... | |
 | Playtime - 1863 - 436 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,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers - 1863 - 390 pages
...night long, by a firefly lamp, She paddles her white canoe. 2. "And her firefly lamp I soon shall see, And her paddle I soon shall hear ; Long and loving...cypress tree, When the footstep of Death is near." 8. Away to the Dismal Swamp he speeds ; His path was rugged and sore — Through tangled juniper, beds... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1863 - 580 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 our life shall be, And I '11 hide the maid in a cypress-tree, When the footstep of death is near ! " Away to the Dismal Swamp... | |
 | 1865 - 436 pages
...fire-fly lamp, " She paddles her white canoe. * Bermuda. " 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,... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - American poetry - 1866 - 412 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 sank to sleep, If slumber his eye-lids knew,... | |
 | Bartholomew S. De Forest - New York (State) - 1866 - 338 pages
...above related, composed the following verses, which give a truthful description of this dismal region: Away to the Dismal Swamp he speeds— His path was...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,... | |
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