 | Rossiter Johnson - 1877 - 308 pages
...minarets. Such empty phantom I freely grant them ; But there 's an anthem More dear to me, — 'T is the bells of Shandon, That sound so grand on The pleasant waters Of the river Lee. FRANCIS MAHONY. Deatij of Napoleon. WILD was the night, yet a wilder night Hung round the... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 pages
...minarets. Such empty phantom I freely grant 'cm ; But tlifre 's an anthem More dear to me, — "T is the bells of Shandon, That sound so grand on The pleasant waters Of the river Lee. FRANCIS MAHONY (FATHER PROUT). CITY BELLS. PROM " THE LAY OF ST. ALOYV LOUD and clear From... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1877 - 312 pages
...Such empty phantom I freely grant them ; But there 's an anthem More dear to me, — 'T is the hells of Shandon, That sound so grand on The pleasant waters Of the river Lee. FRANCIS MAHONY. Cfje JBeatl) of Napoleon. WILD was the night, yet a wilder night Hung round... | |
 | Charles Anderson Dana - 1878 - 882 pages
...ponder Where'er I wander, And thus grow fonder, Sweet Cork, of thee — With thy bells of Shandou, That sound so grand on The pleasant waters Of the river Lee. I 've heard hells chiming Full many a clime in, Tolling sublime in Cathedral shrine, While at a glibe rate Brass... | |
 | George Frederick L. Bampfield - 1883 - 520 pages
...their magic spells. On this I ponder, where'er I wander And thus grow fonder, sweet Cork, of thee.J 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,... | |
 | Frank Honywell Fenno - 1878 - 426 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... | |
 | Our own country - 1878 - 714 pages
...better known as Father Prout. Above his grave ring the bells he has celebrated in his rhymes — those " bells of Shandon That sound so grand on The pleasant waters Of the river Lee." * " Council Book of Cork," p. 547. Macaulay, " History of England,'' chap. xvi. Holy Trinity... | |
 | Frank Honywell Fenno - 1878 - 422 pages
...minarets. Such empty phantom I freely grant them ; But there's an anthem Mora dear to me ; 'Tis the bells of Shandon, That sound so grand, on The pleasant waters Of the river Lee. FRANCIS MAHONY. MOTHER AND POET. [The story of Laura Savio, of Turin, after news from Gaeta... | |
 | Joseph Wadsworth Keene - 1879 - 256 pages
...their magic spells. On this I ponder Where'er I wander, And thus grow fonder, sweet Cork, of thce, 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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pages
...Their magic spells. On this I ponder Where'er I wander, And thus grow fonder, Sweet Cork, of thee, — ÍD, Tolling sublime in Cathedral shrine, While at a glib rate Brass tongues would vibrate ; But all... | |
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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... 
