Softly blow, thou western breeze, Softly rustle through the sail ! Soothe to rest the furrowed seas, Before my love, sweet western gale ! " Thus, all to soothe the chieftain's woe, Far from the maid he loved so dear, The song arose so soft and slow, He... Poems and Ballads - Page 232by John Leyden, Walter Scott - 1858 - 394 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1803 - 892 pages
...the maid he loved so dear, The song arose, so soft and slow, He seemed her parting sigh to hr.»r. The lonely deck he paces o'er, Impatient for the rising...The moonbeams crisp the curling surge, That streaks v«lh foam'the ocean green j While forward btill tlie rowers urge Their course, a female form was seen.... | |
| 1803 - 866 pages
...maid he loved so dear, The song arose, so soft and slow, He seemed her parting sigh to Iwar. 1 The The lonely deck he paces o'er. Impatient for the rising...eyes to Colonsay. The moonbeams crisp the curling snrgfe, That streaks with foam the ocean green j While forward still the rowers urge Their course,... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1803 - 1298 pages
...dear, The song arose, so soft and slow, He seemed her parting sigh to hejr. l The The lonely defck he paces o'er, Impatient for the rising' day, And...eyes .to Colonsay. The moonbeams crisp the curling snrge, That streaks with foam. tin- ocean greenj While forward still the rowers urge Their course,... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1803 - 892 pages
...so soft and slow, He seemed her parting sigh to hear. The lonely deck he paces o'er, Impatient lor the rising day, And still, from Crinan's moon-light shore, He turns his eyes to Colonsay. The moonbearns crisp the curling surge, That streaks with foam the ocean green ; While forward still the... | |
| 1804 - 574 pages
...the maid he loved so dear, The song arose, so soft and slow, He seemed her parting sigh to hear. ' The lonely deck he paces o'er, Impatient for the rising day, And still, from Oman's moonlight shore. He turns his eyes to Colonsay.' In the next line, we are told that the ' moonbeams... | |
| Kenneth Macleay (M.D.) - 1811 - 100 pages
...from the maid he lov'd so dear, The song arose so soft and slow He seem'd her parting sigh to hear. The lonely deck he paces o'er, Impatient for the rising day, And still from Orna's moon-light shore He turns his eyes to Colonsay. The moon-beams crisp the curling surge That... | |
| William Barker Daniel - 1813 - 568 pages
...from the MAID he lov'd so dear, The Song arose, so soft and slow, He seem'd her parting Sigh to hear. The Moonbeams crisp the curling Surge, That streaks...Rowers urge Their Course, a Female Form was seen. Borne on a foamy crested Wave, She reach'd amain the bounding Prow, Tin-! i, clasping fast the CHIEFTAIN... | |
| William Barker Daniel - 1813 - 820 pages
...from the MAID he lov'd so dear, The Song arose, so soft and slow, He seem'd her parting Sigh to hear. The Moonbeams crisp the curling Surge, That streaks...While forward still the Rowers urge Their Course, a J&nale Form was seen. Borne on a foamy crested Wave, She reach'd amain the bounding Prow, Then, clasping... | |
| John Leyden, James Morton - 1819 - 528 pages
...from the maid he lov'd so dear, The song arose, so soft and slow, He seem'd her parting sigh to hear. The lonely deck he paces o'er, Impatient for the rising...Crinan's moonlight shore, He turns his eyes to Colonsay. probably originates in the immense snake of the Edda, whose folds were supposed to girdle the earth.... | |
| John Leyden, James Morton - 1819 - 528 pages
...from the maid IIP lov'd so dear, The song arose, so soft and slow, He seem'd her parting sigh to hear. The lonely deck he paces o'er, Impatient for the rising day, And -iill. from Crinan's moonlight shore, He turns his eyes to Colonsay. probably originates in the immense... | |
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