 | 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... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1806 - 370 pages
...from Norfolk, and the Lake in the middle of it (about seven miles long) is called Druramond's Pond. " And her fire-fly lamp I soon shall see, " And her...And I'll hide the maid in a cypress tree, " When the footstep of death is near !" Away to the Dismal Swamp he speeds — His path was rugged and sore, Through... | |
 | 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...And I'll hide the maid in a cypress tree, When the foot-step of death is near !" The Epistle to the Marchioness Dowager of D II, from Bermuda, contains... | |
 | Priscilla Wakefield - 1809 - 234 pages
...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 see, And her paddle...And I'll hide the maid in a 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... | |
 | Joseph Taylor - 1817 - 266 pages
...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 see, And her paddle...And I'll hide the maid in a cypress tree, When the footstep of Death is near. Away to the Dismal Swamp he speeds, — His path was rugged and sore, Thro'... | |
 | 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...And I'll hide the maid in a cypress tree, " When the footstep of death is near 1" Away to the dismal swamp he speeds — His path was rugged and sore. Through... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1823 - 348 pages
...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 see, " And her...And I'll hide the maid in a cypress tree, " When the footstep of Death is near ! " The Great Dismal Swamp is ten or twelve miles distant from Norfolk, and... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1823 - 344 pages
...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 see, " And her...And I'll hide the maid in a cypress tree, " When the footstep of Death is near!" Away to the Dismal Swamp he speeds— His path was rugged and sore, Through... | |
 | Peter Buchan - 1825 - 228 pages
...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 see, And her paddle...And I'll hide the maid in a cypress tree, When the footstep of death is near ! Away to the Dismal Swamp he speeds — His path was rugged and sore, Through... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1825 - 310 pages
...middle of it, (about seven ong,) it called Drummond's Pond. •' And her fire-fly lamp I soon shall seer And her paddle I soon shall hear ; Long and loving...And I'll hide the maid in a cypress tree, When the footstep of death is 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 fire-fly lamp, She paddles her white canoe. 
