 | Denis O'Donoghue - Christian saints - 1893 - 458 pages
...on the shore near the home of his parents, when the snn was sinking in the west, he may Have watched the line of light that plays Along the smooth wave, tow'rd the burning west, And longed to tread that golden path of rays, And thought 'twould lead to some bright isle of rest.... | |
 | Charles Seymour Robinson - Baptists - 1893 - 598 pages
...halcyons are brooding and the skies are stormless and blue. And they wait, and sometimes sing: "Andas I watch the line of light that plays Along the smooth wave, toward the burning west, I lone to tread that golden path of rays, And think Ч would lead to some... | |
 | Thomas Moore - English poetry - 1895 - 874 pages
...silent sea, For then sweet dreams of other days arise, And memory breathes her vesper sigh to thee. And, as I watch the line of light, that plays Along the smooth wave toward the burning west, I long to tread that golden path of rays, And think 't would lead to some... | |
 | Richard Manifold Craig - 1896 - 328 pages
...it be that in such cases there has been some previous nay ! let us be charitable ! CHAPTER XXXm. " And as I watch the line of light, that plays Along the bright sea toward the burning west, I long to tread that golden path of rays, And think : ' 'twould... | |
 | Michael Francis Howley - America - 1897 - 39 pages
...that sweetest of all Moore's verses — " How dear to me the hour when daylight dies, * * * * -::- .;:And as I watch the line of light, that plays Along the smooth wave towards the burning West, I long to tread that golden path of rays, And think 'twould lead to some... | |
 | Patrick John Kenedy - 1898 - 512 pages
...silent sea ; For then sweet dreams of other days arise, And mem'ry breathes her vesper sigh to thee. And, as I watch the line of light that plays Along...burning west, I long to tread that golden path of rays, And think 'twould lead to some bright isle of rest, BY THAT LAKE, WHOSE GLOOMY SHORE. BY THOMAS... | |
 | Thomas Moore - Ireland - 1879 - 252 pages
...sugaested by a visit to this romantic spot, in the summer of the year 1807. '' The rivers Avon aud Avoixt. And, as I watch the line of light, that plays Along...burning west, I long to tread that golden path of rays. And think 'twould lead to some bright isle of rest. TAKE BACK THE VIRGIN PAGE. WRITTEN ON RETURNING... | |
 | Wilhelm Viëtor - 1904 - 352 pages
...silent sea, For then sweet dreams of other days arise, And memory breathes her vesper sigh to thee. 10* And, as I watch the line of light that plays Along...burning west, I long to tread that golden path of rays, And think 'twould lead to some bright isle of rest. 5 T. MOORE. 174. THE OLD CLOCK ON THE STAIRS.... | |
 | John O'Hanlon - Irish - 1907 - 484 pages
...Moore, often filled the mind of the holy man : — "And as I watch the line of light that plays, Al' ii- the smooth wave tow'rd the burning west, I long to tread that golden path of i»ys, Ann think 'twould lead to some bright isle of rest/' "A'chbishop Ussher truly declares thnt... | |
 | Andrew Lang - English literature - 1907 - 584 pages
...sunbeams melt along the silent sea, there is a reference not to an eastern but a western view : — And, as I watch the line of light, that plays Along the smooth wave t'ward the burning west, I long to tread that golden path of rays, And think 'twould lead to some bright... | |
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How dear to me the hour when daylight dies, And sunbeams melt along the silent sea ; For then sweet dreams of other days arise, And memory breathes her vesper sigh to thee. And, as I watch the line of light, that plays Along the smooth wave tow'rd the... 
