...Melodeon, 43. 2J vol. Social Choir, 112. Soon as the woods on the shore look dim, We '11 cheerfully sing our parting hymn ! Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The rapids are near, and the daylight 's past — The rapids are near, and the daylight 's past. 2. Why should we yet our sails...

...evening chime, Our voices keep tune, and our oars keep time ; Soon as the woods on shore look dim, We '11 sing at St. Ann's our parting hymn. Row, brothers, row : the stream runs fast, i The rapids are near, and daylight 'a past.' I first heard this song sung and played on the piano...

...Irish poet, Tom Moore, wrote in reference to its rapids his much admired " Canadian Boat Song": — " Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The rapids are near, and the day light is past," &c. The steamer Lady Simpson is locked past the rapids, at St . Anne's, then continues...

...Faintly, as tolls the evening chime, Our voices keep tune, and our oars keep time ; Soon as the woods on shore look dim, We'll sing at St. Ann's our parting hymn. Eow, brothers, row : the stream runs fast, The rapids are near, and daylight's past.' I first heard...

...which is dedicated to the tutelar saint of voyagers." — Mackenzie, General History of the Fur Trade. Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The Rapids are near and the daylight's p.ost. Why should we yet our sail unfurl ? There is not a breath the blue wave to curl. But, when the...

...our ours keep time. Soon as the woods on shore look dim, We *H slug at St. Ann's oar parting hymn.s Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, The Rapids are near, and the daylight 's past. obliged to row all the way. and we were fire days in descend* ing toe river from...

...greon isle ! hear our prayors ; Oh ! grant us oool heavens and favouring airs. Blow, breezes, blow ! the stream runs fast, The rapids are near, and the daylight's past ! NOTE. — At the rapid of St. Ann they are obliged to take out part, if not the whole, of their lading....

...But when the wind blows off the shore, Oh ! sweetly we'll rest our weary oar. Blow, breezes, blow, the stream runs fast, The Rapids are near and the daylight's past. * The voyageurs, in passing the Rapids of St. Anne, were formerly obliged to take out a part, if not...

...But when the wind blows off the shore, Oh ! sweetly we'll rest our weary oar. Blow, breezes, blow, the stream runs fast, The rapids are near, and the daylight's past. TJtawa's tide ! this trembling moon Shall see us float o'er thy surges soon. Saint of the green isle...

...this green isle ! hear our prayers, Oh, grant us eool heavens and favouring airs, Blow, breezes, blow, the stream runs fast. The Rapids are near and the daylight's past. CUPID ANT) PSYCHE. 1IEY told her that he to whose vows she had listen'd "*• ' Through night's fleeting...