 | English literature - 1807 - 542 pages
...lier white canoe. " And lier Fire-fly lamp I soon shall see, And her paddle Isoun shall hear; Ixmg and loving our life shall be — And I'll hide the maid in a cypress-tree, When t hi- footstep of Death is nearf." Away to the Dismal Sn-amp ho speeds^^ His path... | |
 | United States - 1807 - 442 pages
...inspiration of plenary absurdity, disguised in rhyme. 2 " And her fire-fly lamp I, soon, shall sec, And her paddle I, soon, shall hear; Long and loving...cypress tree, When the foot-step of death is near !" The Epistle to the Marchioness Dowager of D II, from Bermuda, contains some smooth lines ; but it... | |
 | Priscilla Wakefield - Anecdotes - 1809 - 234 pages
...she's gone to the Lake of the Dismal Swamp, Where all night long, by a fire-fly * lamp, She 'paddles her white canoe. " And her fire-fly lamp I soon shall...cypress tree, When the footstep of Death is near." • The fire-fly is an insect common in this part of the country i in its flight, it sheds a beam of... | |
 | Thomas Condie - 1813 - 262 pages
...lake of the Dismal Swamp, Where all night long, by a fire.fly lamp, She paddles her white сaпoе : " And her fire-fly lamp I soon shall see, And her paddle...And I'll hide the maid in a cypress tree, When the, footsteps of death are near." Away to the Dismal Swamp he speeds, Its path was rugged and sore, Through... | |
 | Renfrew county - 1821 - 542 pages
...superior education ; and, at the age of fourteen, he was entered a studenf in Trinity College. xe " And her fire-fly lamp I soon shall see, " And her...cypress tree, " When the footstep of death is near 1" Away to the dismal swamp he speeds — His path was rugged and sore. Through tangl'd juniper, beds... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1823 - 348 pages
...she's gone to the Lake of the Dismal Swamp,* " Where, all night long, by a fire-fly lamp, " She paddles her white canoe. " And her fire-fly lamp I soon shall...cypress tree, " When the footstep of Death is near ! " The Great Dismal Swamp is ten or twelve miles distant from Norfolk, and the Lake in the middle... | |
 | Thomas Moore - Irish literature - 1825 - 340 pages
...long, by a fire-fly lamp, " She paddles her white canoe. " And her fire-fly lamp I soon shall sec, " And her paddle I soon shall hear; "Long and loving...in .a cypress tree, " When the footstep of death is aear !" » The Great Dismal Swamp is ten or twelve miles distant from Norfolk, and the lake in Ule... | |
 | Richard Ryan - Poetry - 1826 - 320 pages
...she's gone to the Lake of the Dismal Swamp, Where all night long, by a fire-fly * lamp, She paddles her white canoe. And her fire-fly lamp I soon shall...cypress tree, When the footstep of death is near." . ji Away to the Dismal Swamp he speeds, His path was rugged and sore ; * The fire-fly is an insect... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1827 - 426 pages
...Swamp.' Where, all night long, by a fire-fly lamp. She paddles her white canoe. « And her fire-Пу lamp I soon shall see, And her paddle I soon shall hear; Long and loving our life shall he. And I'll bide the maid in л cypress tree, When the footstep of Death is near!» Away to the Dismal... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...lake of the Dismal Swamp, Where all night long, by a fire-fly lamp, She paddles her white canoe. 4 And her fire-fly lamp I soon shall see, And her paddle...And I'll hide the maid in a cypress tree, When the footsteps of death are near.' Away to the Dismal Swamp he speeds, His path was rugged and sore, Through... | |
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They made her a grave, too cold and damp For a soul so warm and true ; And she's gone to the lake of the Dismal Swamp, Where, all night long, by a firefly lamp, She paddles her white canoe. " And her firefly lamp I soon shall see, And her paddle I soon... 
