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" How gaily would our pinnace glide o'er Gunga's mimic sea! I miss thee at the dawning grey, when, on our deck reclined, In careless ease my limbs I lay, and woo the cooler wind. I miss thee when by Gunga's stream my twilight steps I guide, But most beneath... "
Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India: From Calcutta ... - Page 173
by Reginald Heber - 1828
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The Four Georges: Sketches of Manners, Morals, Court and Town Life

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1879 - 222 pages
...were so gloriously faithful to both ! He writes to his wife those charming Hues on, his journey : " If thou, my love, wert by my side, my babies at my kuee, How elndly would our pinnace glide o'er Gunga'a mimic sea 1 " I miss thee at the dawning gray,...
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The Family Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best ...

William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pages
...VISIT TO UPPER INDIA. IF thou wert by my side, my love ! How fast would evening fail In green Bcngala's knelt the van gnyly would our pinnace glide O'er < } unga's mimic sea ! I miss thee at the dawning gray, When, on...
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The Poets of the Nineteenth Century

Robert Aris Willmott - 1881 - 704 pages
...chorus spread, — •' Shout, Israel, for the Lord hath triumphed !" LINES ADDRESSED TO MRS. HEBER. IF thou wert by my side, my love, How fast would evening...my love, wert by my side, My babies at my knee, How gayly would our pinnace glide O'er Gunga's mimic sea! 258 I miss thce at the dawning gray, When, on...
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The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 732 pages
...who were so gloriously faithful to both ! He writes to his wife those charming lines on his journey : "If thou, my love, wert by my side, my babies at my knee, How gladly would our pinnace glide o'er Gunga's mimic sea ! I miss thee at the dawning gray, when, on our...
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The Kingdom of Home: Homely Poems for Home Lovers

Arthur Gilman - 1882 - 264 pages
...MY SIDE, MY LOVE. If thou wert by my side, my love, How fast would evening fail In green Bengala's palmy grove, Listening the nightingale ! If thou,...my love, wert by my side, My babies at my knee, How gayly would our pinnace glide O'er Gunga's mimic sea ! I miss thee at the dawning gray, When on our...
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Roundabout Papers: To which is Added The Second Funeral of Napoleon ...

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1882 - 874 pages
...were so gloriously faithful to both ! He writes to his wife those charming lines on his journey : — "If thou, my love, wert by my side, my babies at my knee, How gladly would our pinnace glide o'er Uunga's mimic sea! "I miss thee at the dawning gray, when, on our...
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With the Poets: A Selection of English Poetry

Frederic William Farrar - 1883 - 326 pages
...HEBER' S JOURNAL. IF thou wert by my side, my love, How fast would evening fail In green Bengala's palmy grove, Listening the nightingale ! If thou,...babies at my knee, How gaily would our pinnace glide I miss thee at the dawing gray, When on our deck reclined, In careless ease my limbs I lay, And woo...
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Fair Words about Fair Woman

Oliver Bell Bunce - 1883 - 332 pages
...BY REGINALD HEBER. IF thou wert by my side, my love, How fast would evening fail In green Bengala's palmy grove Listening the nightingale ! If thou, my love, wert by my side, My babies at my knee, How gayly would our pinnace glide O'er Gunga's mimic sea ! I miss thee at the dawning gray When, on our...
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Songs of Three Centuries. Ed. by John Greenleaf Whittier. Household Ed. ...

John Greenleaf Whittier - 1883 - 382 pages
...wert by my side, O'er Gunga's mimic sea! In careless ease my limbs I lay, And woo the cooler wind. I miss thee at the dawning gray, When, on our deck reclined, My twilight steps I guide, But most beneath the lamp's pale beam I miss thee when by Gunga's stream...
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The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The four Georges and The English ...

William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - 416 pages
...so gloriously faithful to both ! He writes to his wife those charming lines on his journey : — " If thou, my love, wert by my side, my babies at my knee. How gladly would our pinnace glide o'er Gunga's mimic sea ! I miss thee at the dawning grey, when, 0n our...
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