ON AN OLD LAMP.
■:'.'VHush 1: in-the. canal .below;,, h. ■ Don't'you!.hear tho splash.of pars, Underneath the lanterns' glow, ••■,, , ■yAnd a thrilling voice.ibegins : ..-,• '■•To tbcvßound ofimandolins?; i -. Beginsi-singing of ainore .-,- . ■ ;•; And delire and dolorc— . . t/O/'tho ravishing.tonorel. ; ; v''"Lady;'do you'know the tune? ••.' Ah,-wo',.all-:of :us have, hummed:jtl - x ;- I've an old-guitar hasithrummed it, •;. .-.- 'Under many;:ai changing moon.- ■■. » ■ Bhall I try it? Do RE ML: • What is this? Ma foi, the fact is, . That my Hand! is" out off practice/ i.JW.my.poor fiddle cracked is, j And 'a, man—l let. the truth out— '- ,'Cannot sing as qnco.he sung ' '" . ".'When'ho was young.as you are young, :■.-When he was, y'omig 'and - lutesj'.TVero '. '.'.', .'..strung,.' ' -/: ~- . !.., '■' .', ;,And love-lamps in the,casement, hung.'; .' v m! THACKERAY. ■
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 30, 30 October 1907, Page 5
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113ON AN OLD LAMP. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 30, 30 October 1907, Page 5
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