 Tis sweet to hear At midnight on the blue and moonlit deep The song and oar of Adria's gondolier, By distance mellow'd, o'er the waters sweep , 'Tis sweet to see the evening star appear ; 'Tis sweet to listen as the night-winds creep From leaf to leaf...  Reliquiæ metricæ - Página 8por James Riddell - 1867 - 47 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Laura Alexandrine Smith - 1888 - 404 páginas
...adieu ! " Farewell Songs. 1TAL1AN SA1LORS', NEAPOL1TAN FISHERMEN'S, AND VENETIAN GONDOL1ERS' SONGS. " 'Tis sweet to hear At midnight, on the blue and moonlit...gondolier, By distance mellowed, o'er the waters sweep." A Bunch of Sweets. — BYRON. "And over the rest, Italia's peerless compositions." WALT WHITMAN. 1TAL1AN... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1891 - 752 páginas
...not so sure [say About the day — the era's more obscure.^ cxxn. [^***~ We'll talk of that anon. — 'Tis sweet to hear, At midnight on the blue and moonlit...The song and oar of Adria's gondolier, By distance mellow'd, o'er the waters sweep ; Tis sweet to see the evening star appear ; 'Tis sweet to listen as... | |
 | 1892 - 664 páginas
...conclusion herein — Praise the country in winter, but live in the city. MG W ATKINS. GONDOLIERS SONGS. 'Tis sweet to hear At midnight, on the blue and moonlit...gondolier, By distance mellowed, o'er the waters sweep. A Sunc/r of Sweets.— BYROX. LONDONERS, and Britishers in general who may not be numbered amongst... | |
 | Beverly Carradine - 1892 - 502 páginas
...to them over the waves the sound of distant church bells. Then these words were clinging to me : " Tis sweet to hear At midnight, on the blue and moonlit...gondolier, By distance mellowed, o'er the waters sweep." But, instead of evening, I arrived at 5 o'clock in the morning ; and instead of the approach to the... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1893 - 696 páginas
...survive this last adieu, And bear with life, to love and pray for you ! FIRST LOVE. [From the same.] 'Tis sweet to hear At midnight on the blue and moonlit...The song and oar of Adria's gondolier, By distance mellow'd, o'er the waters sweep ; Tis sweet to see the evening star appear ; 'Tis sweet to listen as... | |
 | Elsey Lois Bristol - 1897 - 248 páginas
...one of his half-humorous poems, as we might expect, not in the graver musings of Childe Harold:- * '"Tis sweet to hear At midnight on the "blue and moonlit...appear; 'Tis sweet to listen as the night-winds creep Prora leaf to leaf. " But occasionally the influence of the night is stronger:- 2 "The hour Was that... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 páginas
...sign of life, save his limbs quivering. A BUNCH OF SWEETS. 'Tis sweet to hear At midnight on the bine and moonlit deep The song and oar of Adria's gondolier, By distance mellowed, o'er the waters sweep; Tfa sweet to see the evening star appear; 'Tis sweet to listen as the night-winds creep From leaf to... | |
 | Thomas Costley - 1897 - 378 páginas
...to that of Spenser, is supplied by Byron, in " Don Juan," a few lines from which I will read : — " 'Tis sweet to see the evening star appear ; 'Tis sweet to listen to the night \yinds creep From leaf to leaf ; 'tis sweet to view on high The rainbow, based on ocean,... | |
 | Thomas Costley - 1897 - 404 páginas
...to that of Spenser, is supplied by Byron, in " Don Juan," a few lines from which I will read : — " 'Tis sweet to see the evening star appear ; 'Tis sweet to listen to the night winds creep From leaf to leaf; 'tis sweet to view on high The rainbow, based on ocean,... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1899 - 822 páginas
...the author's genius and degradation. Perhaps he never wrote more beautiful lines than these : — " Tis sweet to hear, At midnight on the blue and moonlit...of Adria's gondolier, By distance mellowed o'er the water's sweep. 'Tis sweet to see the evening star appear; 'Tis sweet to listen as the night-winds creep... | |
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