| 1865 - 436 lehte
...But, when the wind blows off the shore, Oh ! sweetly we 'll rest our weary oar. Blow, breezes, blow, the stream runs fast, The Rapids are near and the daylight's past. TJtawas' tide ! this trembling moon Shall see us float over thy surges soon. Saint of this green isle... | |
| 1865 - 248 lehte
...the gentle airs of heaven the irielody whose burthen is — : ;' ! * « J.'.J* " Blow, breezes, blow, the stream runs fast, The Rapids are near, and the daylight's past." • 'Having arrived at one of the usual stopping places, named Oarillon, "where freight and passengers... | |
| Charles A. Peverelly - 1866 - 586 lehte
...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...fast, The rapids are near, and the daylight's past. ****** But, when the wind blows off the shore, Oh ! sweetly we'll rest our weary oar.' " About nine... | |
| Words - 1866 - 368 lehte
...soon : Saint of this green isle ! hear our prayers, Oh ! grant us cool heavens, and favouring airs ! Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The Rapids are near, and the daylight's past. Moore. HOW DEAR TO ME THE HOUR. How dear to me the hour when daylight dies, And sunbeams melt along... | |
| John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 lehte
...! But when the wind blows off the shore, O ! sweetly we'll rest our weary oar. Blow, breezes, blow! the stream runs 'fast, The rapids are near, and the daylight's past ! Utawa's tide ! this trembling moon Shall see us float over thy surges soon. Saint of this green isle,... | |
| Francis William Newman - 1868 - 236 lehte
...FAINTLY as tolls the evening chime, Our voices keep time and our oars keep time ; Soon as the woods on shore look dim, We'll sing at St. Ann's our parting...the stream runs fast ; The rapids are near, and the daylight 's past. 2. Why should we yet our sail unfurl ? There is not a breath the blue wave to curl... | |
| 1869 - 136 lehte
...when the wind blows from off the shore, Oh ! sweetly we'll rest our weary oar. Blow, breezes, blow, the stream runs fast, The Rapids are near and the daylight's past. " Uttawas' tide ! this trembling moon Shall see us float o'er thy surges soon. Saint of this green... | |
| Henry Coleman Folkard - 1870 - 522 lehte
...the hardy and daring voyagers during their transit to and from the Far West. (2) ' Soon as the woods on shore look dim, We'll sing at St. Ann's our parting...fast, The rapids are near and the daylight's past.' (') Birch-bark canoes are also used by the Sioux (who purchase them of the Chippeways) in gathering... | |
| 1926 - 64 lehte
...work, determined work, and quick work. The nation seems to be swinging forward with this little song: Row, brothers, row, The stream runs fast, The rapids are near, And the day is far gone. This simple little song gives you an accurate picture of the national psychology at... | |
| 1881 - 1092 lehte
...getting dusk when we approached the most ticklish part of the navigation : we might truthfully have sung Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The rapids are near and the daylight past ; and under any other circumstances we would have camped for the night ; but we were... | |
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