Ontario Readers Third Book, The

<h2><SPAN name="Boat" id="Boat"></SPAN>A CANADIAN BOAT SONG</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span>Faintly as tolls the evening chime<br/></span> <span>Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time.<br/></span> <span>Soon as the woods on shore look dim,<br/></span> <span>We'll sing at St. Ann's our parting hymn.<br/></span> <span>Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast,<br/></span> <span>The Rapids are near and the daylight's past.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i1">Why should we yet our sail unfurl?<br/></span> <span>There is not a breath the blue wave to curl;<br/></span> <span>But, when the wind blows off the shore,<br/></span> <span>Oh! sweetly we'll rest our weary oar.<br/></span> <span>Blow, breezes, blow, the stream runs fast,<br/></span> <span>The Rapids are near and the daylight's past.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i1">Utawas' tide! this trembling moon<br/></span> <span>Shall see us float over thy surges soon.<br/></span> <span>Saint of this green isle! hear our prayers,<br/></span> <span>Oh, grant us cool heavens and favouring airs.<br/></span> <span>Blow, breezes, blow, the stream runs fast,<br/></span> <span>The Rapids are near and the daylight's past.<br/></span></div> </div> <p class="citation"><span class="smcap">Moore</span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />