 | J. B. Syme - 1852 - 196 pàgines
...DEATH-BED. BT THOMAS HOOD. WE watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As on her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro....about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her being out. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied ; We thought her dying when... | |
 | Samuel Irenæus Prime - 1852 - 172 pàgines
...JAMES ALDRICH. WE watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her heart the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently...about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her being out. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied ; We thought her dying when... | |
 | Martha Noyes Williams - 1853 - 292 pàgines
...THE DEATH BED. THOMAS HOOD. WE watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to...about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her being out. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied ; We thought her dying when... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pàgines
...poetry. How touching is this! WE watch'd 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 seem'd to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1853 - 646 pàgines
...affections. THE DEATHBED. " We watch'd 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 she seemed to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out.... | |
 | David Trevena Coulton - 1853 - 316 pàgines
...watch by her sister's head. " She watch'd her sleeping through the night, Her breathing, faint and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro." By ten o'clock the next day a note was placed in the surgeon's hands — " MY DEAR SIR. — Your poor... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 480 pàgines
...near Ms Horn©' THE DEATH-BED. WE watch'd her breathing thro 5 the Bight* Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro, So silently we seemM to speak? So slowly mov'd about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 424 pàgines
...near his Home ! THE DEATH-BED. WE watch' d her breathing thro' the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the 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... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1854 - 730 pàgines
...come ! I come ! THE DEATH-BED. WE watch'd her breathing through tta night, Her breathing soft and low. As in her breast the 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 heing out. Our... | |
 | M. J. P. R. - 1855 - 110 pàgines
...of her loved Redeemer. " 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 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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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... 
