 O sad the mermaid's gay notes fell. And sadly sink remote at sea ! So sadly mourns the writhed shell, Of Jura's shore, its parent sea. And ever as the year returns, The charm-bound sailors know the day; For sadly still the mermaid mourns The lovely Chief...  The St. James's Magazine - Page 2881867Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - 1803 - 1298 pages
...deems ct. last To lure him with her silver tongue, And, as the shelving rocks she past, She rais'd her voice and sweetly sung. In softer, sweeter strains...the chieftain sprung To hail the maid of Colonsay. О sad the Mermaid's gay notes fell, And sadly sink, remote at sea ! So sadly mourns the writhed shell,... | |
 | 1803 - 892 pages
...with her silver tongue, And, as the shelving rocks she past, She rais'd her voice and sweetly suiig. In softer, sweeter strains she sung, Slow gliding o'er the moonlight bay, When light to land the chLftain sprung To hail die maid of Colonsay. O sad die Mermaid's gay not:js fdl, And sadly sink, remote... | |
 | 1803 - 866 pages
...derrns at lait To lure him with her silver tongue, And, as the shelving rock.« she past, She rais'd her voice and sweetly sung. In softer, sweeter strains she sung, Slow gliding o'er the moonlight b.iy, When light to land the chieftain sprung To hail the maid of Colonsay. О sad the Mermaid's gay... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 512 pages
...heart ! she deems, at last, To lure him with her silver tongue, And, as the «helving rocks she past, She raised her voice, and sweetly sung. In softer,...the chieftain sprung, To hail the maid of Colonsay. O sad the mermaid's gay notes fell, And sadly sink, remote at sea ! So sadly mourns the writhed shell... | |
 | Kenneth Macleay (M.D.) - 1811 - 100 pages
...deems at last To charm him with her syren tongue. And as the shelving rocks they pass'd SJie rais'd her voice, and sweetly sung. In softer, sweeter strains she sung, Slow gliding by the moon-light bay, Wh-n light to land the Chieftain sprung. And iiail'd the maid of Colonsay. Oh... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1812 - 572 pages
...heart, she deems at last To charm him with her Syren tongue, And as the shelving rocks they pass'd, She raised her voice, and sweetly sung. ' In softer, sweeter strains she sung, ' j Slow gliding by the moon-light bay, When light to land the Chieftain sprung, And hail'd the maid... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1812 - 572 pages
...she sung, " j Slow gliding by the moon-light Day, When light to land the Chieftain sprung, And hail'd the maid of Colonsay. ' Oh ! sad the Mermaid's gay notes fell, And sadly sunk remote at sea, So sadly mourns the wreathed shell Of Jura's shore, its parent sea. ' And when... | |
 | William Barker Daniel - 1813 - 820 pages
...deems, at last, To lure him with her silver Tongue, And, as the shelving Rocks she past, She rais'd her Voice, and sweetly sung. In softer, sweeter Strains...to Land the CHIEFTAIN sprung, To hail the MAID of COLON SAY. Sudden the MERMAID'S gay Notes fell, And sadly sink, bereav'd of Glee! So sadly moans the... | |
 | William Barker Daniel - 1813 - 568 pages
...deems, at last, To lure him with her silver Tongue, And, as the shelving Rocks she past, She rais'd her Voice, and sweetly sung. In softer, sweeter Strains she sung, Slow gliding o'er the Moonlight Bay, 173 Sudden the MEBM AID'S gay Notes fell, And sadly sink, bereuv'd of Glee ! So sadly moans the writhed... | |
 | John Leyden, James Morton - 1819 - 906 pages
...deems, at last, To lure him with her silver tongue, And, as the shelving rocks she past, She rais'd her voice and sweetly sung. In softer, sweeter strains...the chieftain sprung, To hail the maid of Colonsay. O sad the Mermaid's gay notes fell, And sadly sink remote at sea! So sadly mourns the writhed shell... | |
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