...mine ! " A CANADIAN BOAT SONG. I OU THE RIVER ST. LAWRENCE.1 Et remlgem cantus hortatur. QrlNTILUN. FAINTLY as tolls the evening chime Our voices keep...shore look dim, We'll sing at St Ann's our parting hymn.2 Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The Rapids are near and the daylight's past Why should...

...now and give back more To those clear springs than she received before. MOORE. Canadian Boat Sony. Faintly as tolls the evening chime Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time. A. MARVELL. The Emigrant. Thus sung they in the English boat A holy and a cheerful note, And all the...

...th» green isle ! hear our prayers, Oh, grant us cool heavens and favouring airs. Blow, breezes, blow, the stream runs fast, The Rapids are near and the daylight's past. ALONE BY THE SCIIOYLKILL. ALONE by the Schuylkill a wanderer roved, And bright were its flowery banks...

...back more To those clear springs than she received before. MOORE. Canadian Boat Song. Faintly as talls the evening chime Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time. A. MABVELL. The Emigrant. Thus sung they in the English boat A holy and a cheerful note, And all the...

...brought to my recollection the following verses by Moore : — "Faintly as tolls the evening's chime, Oar voices keep tune and our oars keep time ; Soon as...look dim, We'll sing at St. Ann's our parting hymn. Bow, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The rapids are near, and daylight's past. Why should we yet...

...joyous strains, 'Tis the, 'tis the songs of bondmen no\* bursting their chains. A CANADIAN BOAT SONG. FAINTLY as tolls the evening chime, Our voices keep...Why should we yet our sail unfurl ? There is not a hreath the blue wave to curl But when the wind blows off the shore, Oh, sweetly, we'll rest our weary...

...words of a popular song have familiarised English ears with this habit of the hardy boatmen : — " Faintly as tolls the evening chime, Our voices keep...runs fast, The Rapids are near, and the daylight's piist . " Utawa's tide ! this trembling moon Shall see us float over thy surges soon. Saint of this...

...'' A CANADIAN BOAT SONG. WRITTEN ON THE HIVER 6T. LAWRENCE.1 Et remigem cantus hortatur. QftKTIUAN. FAINTLY as tolls the evening chime Our voices keep...the stream runs fast, The Rapids are near and the daylight*» past Why should we yet our sail unfurl? There is not a breath the blue wave to curl; But,...

...the Ottawa used to be called the Uttawa, we subjoin Moore's well known verses. CANADIAN BOAT SOXG. Faintly as tolls the evening chime, Our voices keep...as the woods on shore look dim, We'll sing at St. Anne's our parting hymn. Row, brothers, row ! the stream runs fast, The rapids are near, and the day-light's...

...attempt to pass the rapids. Moore has made this the subject of one of the finest songs ever written — " Faintly as tolls the evening chime, Our voices keep...Soon as the woods on shore look dim, Well sing at St. Anne's our parting hymn. Row, brothers row, the stream runs fast, The rapids are near, and the daylight's...