| Henrietta Keddie - 1866 - 332 pagina’s
...pensive associations ; his favourite song was Moore's " Stilly Night," with its pensive refrain, — " Oft in the stilly night, Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Fond memory brings the light Of other days around me." And I think his favourite verse was that which refers so tenderly to — " The smiles and... | |
| Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 pagina’s
...gifted mind we meet, Though fairest forms we see, To live with them is far less sweet REMEMBRANCES. OFT in the stilly night Ere Slumber's chain has bound...words of love then spoken ; The eyes that shone, Now dimm'd and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken ! Thus in the stilly night Ere Slumber's chain has... | |
| Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 pagina’s
...fairest forms we see, To live with them is far less sweet Than to remember thee, Mary ! REMEMBRANCES. OFT in the stilly night Ere Slumber's chain has bound...words of love then spoken ; The eyes that shone, Now dimm'd and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken ! Thus in the stilly night Ere Slumber's chain has... | |
| J. H. - 1867 - 860 pagina’s
...art indeed a flower Born but to die. John Kenyan. O1 i76. OFT IN THE STILLY NIGHT. | FT in the stilly night, Ere slumber's chain has bound me, Fond memory...Of other days around me ; The smiles, the tears, Of boyhood s years, The words of love then spoken ; The eyes that shone, Now dimm'd and gone, The cheerful... | |
| Percival Frost - 1867 - 236 pagina’s
...joined with untarnished bond (indelibatum fodus). Oft in the stilly night, Ere slumber's chain hath bound me, Fond memory brings the light Of other days around me : The smiles, the tears of boyhood's youth ; The words of love then spoken ; The eyes that shone now dimmed and gone : The cheerful hearts... | |
| Thomas Harrison Walker - 1867 - 294 pagina’s
...pleasure in bringing them up again to view, in calling to mind the joys of childhood, — " The smiles and tears Of boyhood's years, The words of love then spoken, The eyes that shone, Now dimm'd and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken ;" in reviewing the sports and frolics of youth, the... | |
| Robert Hall Baynes - 1879 - 672 pagina’s
...we must follow our heroine, and see what she is doing. CHAPTER XVI. " Oft in the stilly night, £re slumber's chain has bound me, Fond memory brings the light Of other days around me." T. Ifoore. IT is nearly midnight, yet Greta is not resting in the dainty French bed which... | |
| Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pagina’s
...slowly, 15 But westward, look, the land is bright. Arthur Hugh dough. ccxxx THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS. Oft in the stilly night Ere slumber's chain has bound...light Of other days around me : The smiles, the tears 5 Of boyhood's years, The words of love then spoken ; The eyes that shone, Now dimmed and gone, The... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - 1868 - 328 pagina’s
...the stilly night, Ere Slnmber's chain has bonnd me, Fond Memory brings the light Of other days aronnd me ; The smiles, the tears, Of boyhood's years, The...words of love then spoken ; The eyes that shone, Now dimm'd and gone, The cheerfnl hearts now broken I Thns, in the stilly night, Ere Slnmber's chain has... | |
| William L. Robinson - 1868 - 208 pagina’s
...with dishevelled hair2... to feel or feign3 decorous woe. — Byron. 104 Oft in2 the stilly night2, ere slumber's chain has* bound me,... fond memory...light of other days around me; ...the smiles, the tears2, of* boyhood's years, the words of love then spoken;... the eyes that shone now dimmed and gone,... | |
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