 | 1872 - 514 pages
...their magic spells. On this I ponder, where'er I wander, And thus grow fonder, sweet Cork, of thee ; With thy bells of Shandon, That sound so grand on The pleasant waters of the River Lee. I've heard bells chiming full many a clime in, Tolling sublime in cathedral shrine ; While... | |
 | Edna Dean Proctor - 1872 - 338 pages
...chill, pure air vibrates unceasingly to their utterance of pathos or of power. I have heard — " The bells of Shandon That sound so grand on The pleasant waters of the River Lee ; ** the curfew from the towers of Canterbury; the wondrous bell of the cathedral at Lyons,... | |
 | James Roderick O'Flanagan - 1873 - 308 pages
...butler, who for gravity and solemnity VOL. I. I might have been an undertaker, I left Mrs. McGrath. " The bells of Shandon, That sound so grand on The pleasant waters of the river Lee," were announcing 7 PM on the day of the dinner, when I found myself standing by the side... | |
 | John Nicholas Murphy - 1873 - 810 pages
...top of Dominic Street, on the site of Shandon Castle, close by the steeple, from which ring out The bells of Shandon, That sound so grand on The pleasant waters of the river Lee. Blackamoor's Lane Chapel, where Father Mathew spent his early years on the mission, was... | |
 | William McDonnell - 1873 - 204 pages
...across the Bay. My heart is swelling for Sundays-Well, In That beauteous quarter where you could see The bells of Shandon. that sound so grand on The pleasant waters of the river Lee." " Bravo, bravo ! well done ! illigant ! sublime !" and then sundry heavy thumps made the... | |
 | Sir James Allanson Picton - 1873 - 664 pages
...of these inscriptions. Be this as it may, it is a glorious peal, full fit to compare with The bclla of Shandon That sound so grand on The pleasant waters of the river Lee. From the margin of the estuary on a calm evening, or on a pleasant Sunday morning with a... | |
 | 1873 - 806 pages
...spells. On this I ponder, where'er I wander, Aud thus, grow fonder, sweet Cork, of thee ; With thy hells of Shandon, That sound so grand on The pleasant waters of the river Lee." When away from home, suffering perhaps from the absence of those who once were his own,... | |
 | 1874 - 588 pages
...their magic spells. On this I ponder where'er I wander, And thus grow fonder, sweet Cork, of thee ; With thy bells of Shandon, that sound so grand on The pleasant waters of the river Lee. I've heard bells chiming full many a clime in, Tolling sublime in Cathedral shrine, While... | |
 | Henry Morford - 1874 - 558 pages
...its sweet bells (the chiming of which should be heard), referred to by Father Prout in his " Sweet bells of Shandon That sound so grand on The pleasant waters of the river Lee." There are also the Mansion House, the Royal Cork Institution (with a Museum said to be... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 392 pages
...CENTURIES. And thus grow fonder, Sweet fork, of thee ; With thy bells of Slmndon, That sound so grand oil The pleasant waters Of the river Lee. I 've heard...bells chiming Full many a clime in, Tolling sublime in Cathedral slirine, While at a glib rate Brass tongues would vibrate; But all their music Spoke naught... | |
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THE BELLS OF SHANDON With deep affection and recollection I often think of those Shandon bells, Whose sounds so wild would, in the days of childhood, Fling round my cradle their magic spells. On this I ponder where'er I wander, And thus grow fonder, sweet... 
