 THE YOUNG MAY MOON. THE young May moon is beaming, love, The glow-worm's lamp is gleaming, love, How sweet to rove Through Morna's grove,* When the drowsy world is dreaming, love ! Then awake ! — the heavens look bright, my dear, 'Tis never too late...  Beauties of the Scottish poets, or Harp of Renfrewshire, a collection of ... - Page 273by Renfrew county - 1821Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Ingoldsby, Richard Harris Dalton Barham - 1870 - 336 pages
...companion. Like his friend, Cannon was one of those who gave full assent to the poet's doctrine, ' The best of all ways To lengthen our days Is to steal a few hours from night,' &c. And so resolutely did he carry it out in practice when the opportunity offered, as at times... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...drowsy world is dreaming, love ! Then awake ! — theheavens look bright, my dear '. 'T is ni1 ver armed sleep, 1 Now all the world is sleeping, love, But the sage, his star-watch keeping, love, And I, whose star,... | |
 | William Chappell - Ballads, English - 1885 - 864 pages
...at revival of Sir Robt. Howard's Committee, 1706) suggested the lines in Moore's "Young May Moon : " And the best of all ways to lengthen our days, Is to steal a few hours from the night, my dear ! Our thirty-seventh line alludes to Shaftesbury's project of a divorce for Charles II., from the barren... | |
 | Thomas Moore - Songs - 1872 - 514 pages
...When the drowsy world is dreaming, love ! Then awake !- — the heavens look bright, my dear, is never too late for delight, my dear, And the best of all...glorious far, Is the eye from that casement peeping, love. Then awake! — till rise of sun, my dear, The Sage's glass we 'll shun, my dear, Or, in watching... | |
 | William Motherwell - English literature - 1872 - 556 pages
...lamp is gleaming, love, How sweet to rove Then, awake ! the heavens look bright, my dear ! "Pis never too late for delight, my dear ! And the best of all...glorious far, Is the eye from that casement peeping, love ; Then, awake, till the rise of sun, my dear ! The sage's glass we'll shun, my dear ! Or, in watching... | |
 | William Motherwell - English literature - 1872 - 546 pages
...lamp is gleaming, love, How sweet to rove Then, awake ! the heavens look bright, my dear ! 'Tis never too late for delight, my dear ! And the best of all...all the world is sleeping, love, But the sage, his star- watch keeping, love, And I, whose star, More glorious far, Is the eye from that casement peeping,... | |
 | William Motherwell - English poetry - 1872 - 592 pages
...While the drowsy world is dreaming, love ! Then, awake ! the heavens look bright,' my dear ! 'Tis never too late for delight, my dear ! And the best of all...dear ! Now all the world is sleeping, love, But the sago, his star-watch keeping, love, And I, whose star, More glorious far, Is the eye from that casement... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1872 - 660 pages
...the drowsy world is dreaming, love ! Then awake ! — the heavens look bright, my dear, 'Tis never too late for delight, my dear, And the best of all...my dear. Now all the world is sleeping, love, But th 3 Sage, hia star- watch keeping, love, And I whose star, More glorious far, Is the eye from that... | |
 | English poetry - 1872 - 552 pages
...lamp is gleaming, love, How sweet to rove Then, awake ! the heavens look bright, my dear ! 'Tis never too late for delight, my dear ! And the best of all ways To lengthen our days Is to steal a few houn from the night, my dear ! Now all the world is sleeping, love, But the sage, his star- watch keeping,... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...dear ! And the best of all ways To lengthen our days Is to steal a few hours from the night, my dear I nd from her wild sequestered seat, In notes by distance made more sweet, lore, And I, whose star, More glorious far, Is the eye from that casement peeping, love. Then awake... | |
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