 Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied ; We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. For when the morn came, dim and sad And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed,- — she had Another morn than ours.  Brief Literary Criticisms - Pàgina 76per Richard Holt Hutton - 1906 - 417 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Cambridge univ, exam. papers - 1856 - 252 pàgines
...without any cover or disguise. To be translated into LATIN ELEGIACS: WE watch'd her breathing thro' the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast...wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seem'd to speak, So slowly mov'd about, As we had lent her half our power« To eke her living out.... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1856 - 404 pàgines
...— soft showers fell without, murmuring upon the leaves — within, all was still as death! " They watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of lifo Kept heaving to and fro. " So silently they seemed to speak, So slowly moved about, As they had... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1857 - 628 pàgines
...once again we give publicity to the collation of poems in question. Mr 71 i.. nl'., lines run thus: We watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing...So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powen To eke her being out Our very hope belied our fears ; Our fears our hope belied ; We thought... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 pàgines
...Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. Loiigfellow. THE DEATHBED. We watch'd her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft...wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seem'd to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1858 - 292 pàgines
...perfect harmony." WE WATCHED HER BREATHING IN THE NlGHT. T. HOOD.] [JfnuV by J. BLOCKLBT, We watch'd her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft...wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seem'd to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our... | |
 | 1859 - 616 pàgines
...that once again we give publicity to the collation of poems in question. M• Hood's lines run thus : We watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing...moved about. As we had lent her half our powers To ckc her being out Our very hope belied our fears ; Our fears our hope belied ; We thought her dying... | |
 | Bishop - 1859 - 224 pàgines
...county, and Arthur Melville's spirits seemed higher, and his voice more cheerful than usual. CHAPTEE X. " We watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing...soft and low As in her breast the wave of life Kept ebbing to and fro." HOOD. THAT first thunder-peal scarcely brought more terror to the children on the... | |
 | 1859 - 802 pàgines
...her breast the wave of life, Kept heavirg to and fro. So silently we seemed to speak — So slowl. moved about — As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living oai ! Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied — We thought her dying when she... | |
 | 1864 - 206 pàgines
...apparent to all, but are not so well known as they deserve to be. " We watched her breathing thro' the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the ware of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seem'd to speak. So slowly moved about, As we... | |
 | Advanced reading book - 1860 - 458 pàgines
...many of his pieces exhibit a depth of earnest feeling, and a pathos not often surpassed. THE DEATHBED. WE watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing...wave of life Kept heaving to and fro ! So silently we seem'd to speak, — So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her being out... | |
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