 It would be difficult to describe the effect of his singing.* I remember some one saying to me, it conveyed an idea of what a mermaid's song might be. Thrice I heard him sing "As a beam o'er the face of the waters may glow " — once in 1822, once at...  A Memory of Thomas Moore - Страница 11написао/ла Samuel Carter Hall - 1879 - 32 страницаПуни преглед - О овој књизи
 | 1865 - 940 страница
...his poetry." "The light that surrounds him is all from within." He had but little voice ; yet he sang with a depth of sweetness that charmed all hearers...association ; for it was only his own "Melodies " he sang. It would be difficult to describe the effect of his singing. I remember some one saying to me,... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1871 - 532 страница
...on his cheek ; his lips are delicately cut, slight, and changeable as an aspen ; the slightly-tossed nose confirms the fun of the expression ; and altogether...to describe the effect of his singing.* I remember some one saying to me, it conveyed an idea of what a mermaid's song might be. Thrice I heard him sing... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1877 - 522 страница
...on his cheek ; his lips are delicately cut, slight, and changeable as an aspen ; the slightly-turned nose confirms the fun of the expression ; and altogether...to describe the effect of his singing.* I remember some one saying to me, it conveyed an idea of what a mermaid's song might be. Thrice I heard him sing... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1883 - 648 страница
...dress, although far from slovenly, he was by no means precise. He had but little voice, yet he sang with a depth of sweetness that charmed all hearers...from association, for it was only his own melodies he sang. It would be difficult to describe the effect of his singing. I remember Letitia Landon * Nearly... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1884 - 358 страница
...influence of his song. — SIR HENRY HOLLAND (" Recollections"). He had but little voice, yet he sang with a depth of sweetness that charmed all hearers...from association, for it was only his own melodies he sang.— SC HALL (" Retrospect ").' 152 THOMAS MOORE. 153 " Mr. Moore ! " cried the footman at the... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1884 - 356 страница
...influence of his song. — SIR HENRY HOLLAND (" Recollections "). He had but little voice, yet he sang with a depth of sweetness that charmed all hearers...from association, for it was only his own melodies he sang.— SC HALL (" Retrospect ").' 8vo. 152 THOMAS MOORE. " Mr. Moore ! " cried the footman at the... | |
 | Mabel E. Wotton - 1887 - 376 страница
...dress, although far from slovenly, he was by no means precise. He had but little voice, yet he sang with a depth of sweetness that charmed all hearers...from association, for it was only his own melodies he sang." — 1845. HANNAH MORE 1745-1833 " I WAS much struck by the air of affectionate kindness with... | |
 | 1901 - 1324 страница
...country." Moore sang several of his Irish Melodies. His voice had not great volume, yet he could sing with a depth of sweetness that charmed all hearers....was true melody, and told upon the heart as well as on the ear. His contemporaries tell us that it would be difficult to describe the effect of his singing.... | |
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