 O'er Gunga's mimic sea ! I miss thee at the dawning gray, 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 the lamp's pale beam, I miss...  Quarterly Review - Page 1161828 - 590 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American poetry - 1842 - 480 pages
...thy bounties gild the span Of ruin'd earth and sinful man, How glorious must the mansion be STANZ AS. If thou wert by my side, my love, How fast would evening...gaily would our pinnace glide O'er Gunga's mimic sea ! va. I miss thee at the dawning grey, When, on our deck reclined, In careless ease my limbs I lay,... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - Marriage - 1843 - 554 pages
...have been satisfied for the rest of her life, never to receive the incense of less hallowed praise. " If thou wert by my side, my love ! How fast would...Bengala's palmy grove, Listening the nightingale ! " If thon, my love ! wert by my side, My babies at my knee, How gaily would our pianace glide O'er Cunga'a... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...nation Has learned Messiah's name. [From Bühop Hcbcr's Journal.] If thou wert by my «ide, my lore, eet records, promises as sweet ; A creature not too...smiles. And now I see with eye serene The very pulse o gray, When on our deck reclined, In careless ease my limbs I lay, And woo the cooler wind. I miss thee... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...Hebtr'i Journal.} If thou wert by my side, my love, How fast would evening fail In green Bengala'* woes With calm and steadfast eye she saw. Distorted was that blooming seal I miss thee at the dawning gray, When on our deck reclined, In careless case my limbs I lay, And... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - English literature - 1844 - 522 pages
...have been satisfied for the rest of her life, never to receive the incense of less hallowed praise. " If thou wert by my side, my love ! How fast would evening fail In green Bengala's pnlmy grove, Listening the nightingale! " If thou, my love! wert by my side, My babies at my knee,... | |
 | Reginald Heber (bp. of Calcutta.) - India - 1844 - 336 pages
...fiatookah " in Tongataboo, in Cook's third voyage, than anything else by which I can illustrate it. 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... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1845 - 558 pages
...peace on earth, his hope of heaven ! LINES WRITTEN TO HIS WIFE, WHILE ON A VISIT TO DPPEJl INDU. IP thou wert by my side, my love! How fast would evening...O'er Gunga's mimic sea ! I miss thee at the dawning gray, When, on our deck reclined, In careless ease my limbs I lay, And woo the cooler wind. I miss... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - Conduct of life - 1845 - 196 pages
...been satisfied for the rest of her life, never to receive the incense of less hallowed praise. * " If thou wert by my side, my love ! How fast would...gaily would our pinnace glide O'er Gunga's mimic sea ! 1 I miss thee at the dawning ray When on our deck reclined, In careless ease my limbs I lay, And... | |
 | Child rearing - 1845 - 328 pages
...following admirable ballad was written by Bishop HEBER to his wife, while on a visit to Upper India. IF thou wert by my side, my love, How fast would evening...nightingale. If thou, my love, wert by my side, My children at my knee, How gaily would our pinnace glide O'er Gunga's mimic sea. I miss thee at the dawning... | |
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