 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...  The Oxford and Cambridge review - Page 2501846Full view - About this book
 | College student newspapers and periodicals - 1864 - 206 pages
...her breast the ware 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...sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours." CBICKET. REMINISCENCES OF CRICKET AT A PUBLIC SCHOOL. THE... | |
 | Severn river - English poetry - 1859 - 408 pages
...mir baô @фwert um, la^ bao trauern ! Siebe ftirbt im Setf»e п{ф{. SCHILLER. The Sleep of Death. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes...dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. HOOD. Servetqve Sepulcro. A. Ergo non redituras ibit Héctor Qva diris manibus furens Achilles Patroclum... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1859 - 802 pages
...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... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - Christian life - 1860 - 434 pages
...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...And sleeping when she died. For when the morn came dun and sad . And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed — she had Another morn than... | |
 | American Unitarian Association - Unitarian churches - 1860 - 706 pages
...soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. " Our very hopes belied onr fears, Our fears our hopes belied ; We thought her...dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died." DANGERS OF SPIRITUALISM. THE case I am about to state is one illustrating this truth. Mr. J , residing... | |
 | Advanced reading book - Readers - 1860 - 458 pages
...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 ! Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied, — We thought her dying when... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 224 pages
...ramparted with rocks) And Ocean, mid his uproar wild Speaks safety to his Island-child. 150. THE DEATH-BED. watch'd her breathing thro' the night, Her breathing...sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours. HOOD. 151. MINISTRY OF ANGELS. How oft do they their silver... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English poetry - 1861 - 394 pages
...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...morn came dim and sad, And chill with early showers, LINES ON SEEING MY WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN SLEEPING IN THE SAME CHAMBER. AND has the earth lost its so... | |
 | Quotations - 1861 - 356 pages
...through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes...sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed, she had Another morn than ours. The silver cord in twain is snapped, The golden bowl is broken,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1861 - 520 pages
...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...hopes belied — We thought her dying when she slept, Ar d sleeping when she died. For when the morn came dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her... | |
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