 We watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. " ' So silently we seemed to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. " '...  Garnered Treasures from the Poets ... - Pàgina 1011878 - 252 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | 1831 - 702 pàgines
...seemed to speak — So slowly moved about ! As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out ! Our very hopes belied our fears Our fears our hopes...showers, Her quiet eyelids closed — she had Another mom than ours ! THE IRISH LORD LIEUTENANT AND HIS DOUBLE. BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE o'HARA TALES." IT... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pàgines
...slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our very hopes belled our fears, Our fears our hopes belied — We thought...quiet eyelids closed — she had Another morn than GUI'S. THE 80NQ Of THE SHIRT. WITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat,... | |
 | Margaret De Courcy, Beatrice De Courcy - 1832 - 500 pàgines
...To eke her living out. Our very hopes helied our fears — Oar fears our hopes helied— We thonght her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died....eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours. But I must desist from such reflections ; and yet I am in that plaintive mood which The Tenth of October... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 pàgines
...seemed to -speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes...dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. For ulini the morn came dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed—she had Another... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - 1835 - 476 pàgines
...seemed to speak — So slowly moved about ! As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out ! Our very hopes belied our fears Our fears our hopes...showers, Her quiet eyelids closed— she had Another moru than ours I THOMAS HOOD. AU'TUMN. SEASON of mists and mellow fruitfulnese, Close bosom-friend... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1835 - 328 pàgines
...lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our'hopes belied ; We thought her dying when she slept, And...eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours. LESSON LII. , f The Mermaid's Song. — HANNAH F. GOULD. „ COME, mariner, down in the deep with me,... | |
 | Samuel Spring, Gardiner Spring - 1836 - 228 pàgines
...night, Her breathing soft and low, As o'er her heart the waves of life Came heaving to and fro. * ***** Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes...dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. BORNE down by grief and self-reproach, Giafar returned to his home. Life seemed a burden too heavy... | |
 | 742 pàgines
...just as he did in that long sleep." I thought of Hood's fine lines, here only too applicable — " We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died." I took her quietly by the arm : " Come, dearest, lie down and rest." She resisted me with a look of... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1839 - 482 pàgines
...fro. So silently we seemed to speak — So slowly moved about — As we had lent her half our life, Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears, our hopes...her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died And when the morn rose dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eye-lids closed — she... | |
 | 1842 - 712 pàgines
...breathing soft and low, As o'er her heart the waves of life Came heaving to and fro. " And still our hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied...her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died !" A few words will conclude all that remains to be told. Edward never came again into contact with... | |
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