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" 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;... "
The works of the rt. hon. lord Byron - Page 38
by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824
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The English Poets, Volume 4

Thomas Humphry Ward - 1893 - 696 pages
...to love and pray for you ! FIRST LOVE. [From the same.] 'Tis sweet to hear At midnight on the blue and moonlit deep The song and oar of Adria's gondolier,...creep From leaf to leaf; 'tis sweet to view on high Tis sweet to hear the watch-dog's honest bark Bay deep-mouth'd welcome as we draw near home ; Tis sweet...
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A Thousand and One Gems of English Poetry

Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 pages
...nootB deep The song and oar of Adrla's gondolic, By distance mellowed, o'er the wtfei sweep ; Tfs met to see the evening star appear; Tis sweet to listen...From leaf to leaf ; 'tis sweet to view on high The rainbow, based on ocean, span the Tis sweet to hear the watch-dog's honest bark Bay deep-mouthed welcome...
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The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations: English, Latin, and Modern Foreign ...

1896 - 1224 pages
...the setting Sun. A. BEATTIE— The Minstrel. Bk. I. St. 30. 'Tis sweet to listen as the night winds the state some service, and rainbow, based on ocean, span the sky. t. BYRON— Don Juan. Canto I. St. 122. Triumphal arch, that...
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The Magazine of Poetry and Literary Review, Volume 6

Charles Wells Moulton - 1894 - 588 pages
...I hear the woodlark singing. JOHN PAYNE. SWEET THINGS. 'Tis sweet to hear, At midnight on the blue and moonlit deep, The song and oar of Adria's gondolier, By distance mellowed, o'er the waters sweep; 'Tis sweet to see the evening star appear; 'Tis sweet to listen as...
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A thousand and one gems of English poetry, selected and arranged by C. Mackay

Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 pages
...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...
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Lancashire Poets: And Other Literary Sketches ; in a Series of Lectures (Dec ...

Thomas Costley - 1897 - 378 pages
...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,...
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Lancashire Poets: And Other Literary Sketches ; in a Series of Lectures (Dec ...

Thomas Costley - 1897 - 402 pages
...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,...
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A Study of the Night in the Poetry of Byron, Keats, and Shelley

Elsey Lois Bristol - 1897 - 244 pages
...expect, not in the graver musings of Childe Harold:- * '"Tis sweet to hear At midnight on the "blue and moonlit deep The song and oar of Adria's gondolier. By distance mellowed, o'er the waters sweep; 'Tis sweet to see the evening star appear; 'Tis sweet to listen as...
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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: A Romaunt

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1899 - 332 pages
...Witness amid the vulgarity of Don Juan these verses : — " 'Tis sweet to hear At midnight on the blue and moonlit deep The song and oar of Adria's gondolier,...evening star appear ; 'Tis sweet to listen as the night winds creep From leaf to leaf ; 'tis sweet to view on high The rainbow, based on ocean, span...
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Literature: I. Robert Burns: II. Sir Walter Scott. III. Lord Byron; from the ...

John Ebenezer Bryant - 1899 - 328 pages
...laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here. FIRST LOVE.1 'T is 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 ; 'T is sweet to see the evening star appear ; 'T is sweet to listen as the night-winds creep From...
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