 | 1831 - 702 pages
...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 seemed to...about ! As we had 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... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...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...about, As we had 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... | |
 | Margaret De Courcy, Beatrice De Courcy - Fashion - 1832 - 500 pages
...watched her hreathing throngh the night, Her hreathing soft and low, And in her hreath the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seemed to speak, So slowly moved ahout ; As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our very hopes helied our fears —... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - Literature - 1835 - 476 pages
...Her breathing soft :md low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro 1 So silentty we 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 belied— "We thought her dying when... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - English language - 1839 - 482 pages
...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...slowly moved about — As we had lent her half our life, Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears, our hopes belied — We thought her dying when she... | |
 | Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 pages
...watch'd her breathing thro' the night, Her breathings soft and low, As in her breath the wave of life, Kept heaving to and fro ! So silently we seemed to...about ! As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out! Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fear our hopes belied— We thought her dying when... | |
 | American periodicals - 1854 - 696 pages
...watch'd her breathing thro' the night, Her breathing soft and low, Ai in her breast the WWM of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seemed to...about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out Our very hopes belied our fears, Oar fears our hopes belied — We thought her dying when... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 608 pages
...watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and Tow, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seemed to...about, As we had 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... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 602 pages
...breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept hearing to and fro. So silently we seemed to speak, So slowly...about, As we had 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... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1845 - 458 pages
...soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. 1845.] Verse and Prose. 219 " So silently we seemed to speak, So slowly moved about,...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 she slept,... | |
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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 seemed to speak, So slowly moved about As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our very... 
