 A story I heard on the cliffs of the West, That oft, through the breakers dividing, A city is seen on the ocean's wild breast, In turreted majesty riding. But brief is the glimpse of that phantom so bright : Soon close the white waters to screen it.  Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx - Side 418af Sir John Rhys - 1901 - 718 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Gerald Griffin - 1832 - 336 sider
...short prelude on her little cruit, and sung to its music the following words : THE PHANTOM CITY, i. A story I heard on the cliffs of the west, That oft...bright. Soon close the white waters to screen it, And the bodement, they say, of the wonderful tight, Is death to the eyes that have seen it. n. I said... | |
 | Gerald Griffin - 1832 - 322 sider
...short prelude on her little cruit, and sung to its music the following words : THE PHANTOM CITY. i. A story I heard on the cliffs of the west, That oft...bright, Soon close the white waters to screen it, And the bodement, they say, of the wonderful sight, Is death to the eyes that have seen it. u. I said... | |
 | Denis Florence MacCarthy - 1846 - 554 sider
...flery tail, and shook poor Jack Upon the bank from oft' his back. THE PHANTOM CITY. BY GERALD GRIFFIN. A STORY I heard on the cliffs of the west, That oft,...dividing, A city is seen on the ocean's wild breast Soon close the white waters to screen it; And the bodement, they say, of the wonderful sight, In turreted... | |
 | Irish ballads - 1846 - 260 sider
...PHANTOM CITY. BY GERALD GRIFFIN. A city is seen on the ocean's wild breast In turreted majesty riding. A STORY I heard on the cliffs of the west, That oft, through the breakers dividing, But brief is the glimpse of that phantom so bright, Soon close the white waters to screen it; And the... | |
 | Gerald Griffin - 1857 - 412 sider
...song Scarce moves the tree! For ours is a lowland home, Peaceful and free. Come from the mountain ! A STORY I heard on the cliffs of the west, That oft,...dividing, A city is seen on the ocean's wild breast In ttirretted majesty riding. But brief is the glimpse of that phantom so bright, Soon close the white... | |
 | Gerald Griffin - 1861 - 458 sider
...its music the following words: THE PHANTOM CITY. A story I heard on the cliffs of the west, That uft through the breakers dividing, A city is seen on the...majesty riding. But brief is the glimpse of that phantom 30 bright, Soon close the white waters to screen \t, And the bodement, they say, of the vioufaxlviX... | |
 | 1862 - 600 sider
...little melody which, for the lesson embodied in it, we are tempted to re-produce. THE PHANTOM CITY. I. A story I heard on the cliffs of the west, That oft through the breakers dividing, A city U seeu oil the ocean's wild breast, Suoli close the white waters to screen it, And the bodement, they... | |
 | 1865 - 890 sider
...denizens. "A story 1 heard on the eli Us of the west, That oft through the breakers dividing, A eity is seen on the ocean's wild breast In turreted majesty...bright, Soon close the white waters to screen it, And the bodement they say of the wonderful sight Is dcnth to the eyes that have seen it." There are... | |
 | Irish ballads - 1881 - 268 sider
...with—withered leaves ! That the little folk's mode of making him THE PHANTOM .CITY. BY GERALD GRIFFIN. A STORY I heard on the cliffs of the west, That oft,...bright, Soon close the white waters to screen it:. And the bodement, they say, of the wonderful sight, Is death to the eyes that have seen it. I said,... | |
 | Gerald Griffin - 1885 - 518 sider
...lowland home Peaceful and free; Come from the mountain I come 1 Come ^o the sea 1 THE PHANTOM CITY. A story I heard on the cliffs of the west, That oft...bright, Soon close the white waters to screen it, And the bodement they say of the wonderful sight, Is death to the eyes that have seen it. n. I said... | |
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