 | Amos Lawrence - 1855 - 355 halaman
...the nation. I think him a model officer and a good Christian." " Oct. 11.— CANADIAN BOAT-SONG. ' Faintly as tolls the evening chime, Our voices keep...oars keep time ; Soon as the woods on shore look dim, We '11 sing at St. Ann's our parting hymn. Row, brothers, row : the stream runs fast, The rapids are... | |
 | Amos Lawrence - 1855 - 355 halaman
...evening chime, Our voices keep tune, and our oars keep time ; Soon as the woods on shore look dim, We '11 sing at St. Ann's our parting hymn. Row, brothers,...row : the stream runs fast, The rapids are near, and daylight 's past.' I first heard this song sung and played on the piano by , afterwards Mrs. , at her... | |
 | Asa Fitz - 1855 - 192 halaman
...voices keep tune and our oars keep time; Soon as the woods on shore look dim, We'll cheerfully sing our parting hymn. Row, brothers, row, the stream runs...fast, The rapids are near, and the daylight's past, The rapids are near and the daylight's past. 2 Why should we yet our sail unfurl ? There is not a breath... | |
 | N. Brittan, L. H. Sherwood - 1855 - 386 halaman
...Melodeon, 43. 2J vol. Social Choir, 112. Soon as the woods on the shore look dim, We '11 cheerfully sing our parting hymn ! Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The rapids are near, and the daylight 's past — The rapids are near, and the daylight 's past. 2. Why should we yet our sails... | |
 | Amos Lawrence - 1855 - 355 halaman
...evening chime, Our voices keep tune, and our oars keep time ; Soon as the woods on shore look dim, We '11 sing at St. Ann's our parting hymn. Row, brothers, row : the stream runs fast, i The rapids are near, and daylight 'a past.' I first heard this song sung and played on the piano... | |
 | Henry Rowe Schoolcraft - 1855 - 596 halaman
...and we again embarked. Never did men more fully appreciate the melody of the Irish bard:— " Sweetly as tolls the evening chime, Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time." At half-past three the next morning, we found ourselves at the entrance to Lake St. Clair, thirty miles... | |
 | William S. Hunter - 1855 - 19 halaman
...Irish poet, Tom Moore, wrote in reference to its rapids his much admired " Canadian Boat Song": — " Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The rapids are near, and the day light is past," &c. The steamer Lady Simpson is locked past the rapids, at St . Anne's, then continues... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1856
...CANADIAN BOAT SONG. WRITTEN ON THE RIVER ST. LAWRENCE.* • Et remigem cantus hortatur. QOIHTIUAN. FAINTLY as tolls the evening chime Our voices keep...oars keep time. Soon as the woods on shore look dim, We '11 sing at St. Ann's our parting hymn.f * I wrote these words to an air which our boatmen sung... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1856
...which is dedicated to the tutelar saint of voyagers." — Mackenzie, General History of the Fur Trade. Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The Rapids are near and the daylight's p.ost. Why should we yet our sail unfurl ? There is not a breath the blue wave to curl. But, when the... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1856 - 261 halaman
...our ours keep time. Soon as the woods on shore look dim, We *H slug at St. Ann's oar parting hymn.s Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The Rapids are near, and the daylight 's past. obliged to row all the way. and we were fire days in descend* ing toe river from... | |
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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... 
