 | 1834 - 784 pages
...minarets. Such empty phantom 1 freelv grant them, But there is an anthem More dear to me, — Tis the bells of Shandon, That sound so grand on The pleasant waters Of the river Lee. Shortly afterwards Moore published his " Evening Bells, a Pttcnbuig air." But any one can... | |
 | Francis Mahony - French poetry - 1836 - 696 pages
...the Prussian soldier's uniform trousers, one leg blue, the other green. — Note bg CROFTON CHOKER. 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 t . Cathedral shrine,... | |
 | John Windele - Cork (Ireland : District) - 1839 - 430 pages
...Their magic spells. On this I ponder Where'er I wander, And thus grow fonder Sweet Cork, on thee. I With thy Bells of Shandon That sound so grand on The pleasant waters Of the river Lee." This building, occupies the present site of the old church of our Lady, or St. Mary-Shandon,... | |
 | Thomas Crofton Croker - 1839 - 370 pages
...minarets. Such empty phantom I freely grant them ; But there is an anthem More dear to me, — 'Tis the bells of Shandon, That sound so grand on The pleasant waters Of the river Lee. THE SILVERY LEE Is evidently the effusion of a juvenile Cork poet, who, fascinated by the... | |
 | Thomas Crofton Croker - Ballads, English - 1839 - 382 pages
...minarets. Such empty phantom I freely grant them ; But there is an anthem More dear to me,— "Pis the bells of Shandon, That sound so grand on The pleasant waters Of the river Lee. THE SILVERY LEE Is evidently the effusion of a juvenile Cork poet, who, fascinated by the... | |
 | James Caughey - Methodist Church - 1844 - 344 pages
...learn from an old Cork poet, in exile:— " With deep affection, And recollection, I often think on Those Shandon bells; Whose sounds so wild, would In...That sound so grand, on The pleasant waters Of the river Lee!" There are also the usual number of churches belonging to the existing denominations of... | |
 | sir Charles Gavan Duffy - Ballads, Irish - 1845 - 262 pages
...Whose sounds so wild would, in days of childhood, Fling round my cradle their magic spells. On thia I ponder, where'er I wander, And thus grow fonder...That sound so grand on The pleasant waters of the river Lee. I have heard bells chiming full many a clime in, Tolling sublime in cathedral shrine ; While... | |
 | Songs, English - 1847 - 906 pages
...OF SHANDON. BEV. FRANCrS MAHONY Irlsh'Mr. WITH deep affection and recollection I often think of the Shandon bells, Whose sounds so wild would, in days...That sound so grand on The pleasant waters of the river Lee ! I have heard bells chiming full many a clime in, Tolling sublime, in cathedral shrinp,... | |
 | Mrs. Hoare - English literature - 1851 - 262 pages
...cradle Their magic spells. On this I ponder W here'er I wander, And thus grow fonder. Sweet Cork 1 of thee ; With thy bells of Shandon, That sound so grand on The pleasant waters Of the river Lee. One of the oldest streets in Cork is Duncan, formerly Grattan-street. Ever-changing fashion... | |
 | Dinny Blake - English poetry - 1852 - 370 pages
...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...Shandon, That sound so grand on The pleasant waters Of tiio river Lee. I've heard bells chiming Full many a. clime in, Tolling sublime in Cathedral shrine,... | |
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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 Cork, of thee, —... 
