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" As a beam o'er the face of the waters may glow, While the tide runs in darkness and coldness below, So the cheek may be tinged with a warm sunny smile, Though the cold heart to ruin runs darkly the while. "
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Page 140
1833
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Miscellanies of literature, by the author of 'Curiosities of literature'.

Isaac Disraeli - 1840 - 528 pages
...kinsman, and their poet, was before them, an awful image of human misery and ruined genius ! " Аи a beam o'er the face of the waters may glow, While the tide runs in darkness and coldness below, So the cheek may be tinged with a warm sunny smile. Though the cold heart to ruin runs...
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Popular Errors: Explained and Illustrated

John Timbs - Common fallacies - 1841 - 392 pages
...appliances," there is much counterfeit happiness in life, recalling the elegant simile of the poet:— " As a beam o'er the face of the waters may glow, While the tide runs in darkness and coldness below ; So the cheek may be tinged with a warm sunny smile, Though the cold heart to ruin...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore, Volume 3

Thomas Moore - 1841 - 396 pages
...her round the green isle ; And blest for ever is she who relied Upon Erin's honour, and Erin's pride. IRISH MELODIES. AS A BEAM O'ER THE FACE OF THE WATERS MAY GLOW. As a beam o'er the face of the waters may glowWhile the tide runs in darkness and coldness below, So...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore: Corruption and intolerance ; The sceptic ...

Thomas Moore - 1841 - 392 pages
...her round the green isle; And blest for ever is she who relied Upon Erin's honour, and Erin's pride. IRISH MELODIES. AS A BEAM O'ER THE FACE OF THE WATERS MAY GLOW. As a beam o'er the face of the waters may glow While the tide runs in darkness and coldness below,...
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Results of Reading

James Stamford Caldwell - Literature and morals - 1843 - 372 pages
...not' shall summon me to join thee in eternity." 2 A pena si puo dir: qucsta fu rosa. 3 As a beam on the face of the waters may glow, While the tide runs in darkness and coldness below, So the cheek may be tinged with a warm sunny smile, Though the poor heart to ruin runs...
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The Keen of the South of Ireland: As Illustrative of Irish Political and ...

Thomas Crofton Croker - Ireland - 1844 - 316 pages
...limestone rock, after taking a subterraneous course near half a mile, having its rise near Mogeely." It has been remarked, that " the original" (of this..." As a beam o'er the face of the waters may glow, 'Twas the Banshee's lonely wailing, Well I knew the voice of death, On the night wind slowly sailing...
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Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the ..., Volume 13

Percy Society - English literature - 1844 - 324 pages
...limestone rock, after taking a subterraneous course near half a mile, having its rise near Mogeely." It has been remarked, that " the original" (of this..." As a beam o'er the face of the waters may glow, 'Twas the Banshee's lonely wailing, Well I knew the voice of death, On the night wind slowly sailing...
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Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the ..., Volume 13

Percy Society - English literature - 1844 - 320 pages
...limestone rock, after taking a subterraneous course near half a mile, having its rise near Mogeely." It has been remarked, that " the original" (of this..." As a beam o'er the face of the waters may glow, 'Twas the Banshee's lonely wailing, Well I knew the voice of death, On the night wind slowly sailing...
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The freaks of Cupid, by an Irish bachelor [- Abbot].

Abbot - 1845 - 1356 pages
...as if nothing whatever had happened. He may not have been quite as careless as he seemed though. " A beam o'er the face of the waters may glow, While the tide runs in coldness and darkness below.' And though a smile was on his lip, there m sadness at his heart. The...
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The Floral Gift, from Nature and the Heart

Mary Chauncey - American poetry - 1846 - 148 pages
...with glandular leaves aud 8L. i ns, which sparkle like bits of ice— Greece. YOUK LOOKS FREEZE ME. As a beam o'er the face of the waters may glow, While the tide runs in darkness and coldness below, So the cheek may be tinged with a warm sunny smile, Though the cold heart to ruin runs...
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