Zigzag journeys in northwest lands. The Rhine to the Arctic (1884) (14583147959)

Identifier: zigzagjourneysin03butt (find matches)
Title: Zigzag journeys in northwest lands. The Rhine to the Arctic
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Butterworth, Hezekiah, 1839-1905. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: Boston, Estes and Lauriat
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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spirit of the change with deep sadness as one listensto the bells. THE LIGHTS HAVE GONE OUT IN THE CASTLE. The boatmen strike lightly the zither As they drift neath the hillsides of green,But gone from the Rhine is the palgrave,And gone is the palgravine. Play lightly, play lightly, O boatman, When the shadows of night round thee fall,For the lights have gone out in the castle, The lights have gone out in the hall.And the Rhine waters silently flow,The old bells ring solemn and slow,O boatman, Play lightly, Play lightly.O boatman, play lightly and low. Awake the old runes on the zither, O boatman ! the lips of the RhineStill kiss the green ruins of ivy,And smile on the vineyards of wine.Play lightly, play lightly, O boatman, When the shadows of night round thee fall,For the lights have gone out in the castle, The lights have gone out in the hall.And the Rhine waters silently flow,The old bells ring solemn and slow,O boatman, Play lightly, Play lightly,O boatman, play lightly and low.
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ABOVE THE TOWN. THE BELLS OF THE RHINE. 243 in. The lamps of the stars shine above thee As they shone when the vineyards were green,In the long vanished days of the palgrave,In the days of the palgravine. Play lightly, thy life tides are flowing, Thy fate in the palgraves recall,For the lights have gone out in the castle, The lights have gone out in the hall.And the Rhine waters silently flow,And the old bells ring solemn and slow,O boatman, Play lightly, Play lightly,O boatman, play lightly and low. The narratives of the evening devoted to the Bells on the Rhinewere closed by a story by Master Lewis. I do not often relate stories, he said; but I have a Germanstory in mind, the lesson of which has been helpful to my experience.It is a legend and a superstition, and one that is not as generallyfamiliar to the readers of popular books as are many that have beentold at these meetings. I think you will like it, and that you willnot soon forget it. TO-MORROW. Once — many years, perhaps c