 | 1831 - 702 pagini
...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...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... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 pagini
...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...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... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pagini
...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 hopes belled our fears, Our fears our hopes belied — We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping... | |
 | Margaret De Courcy, Beatrice De Courcy - 1832 - 500 pagini
...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 — Oar fears our hopes helied— We thonght her dying when she slept, And sleeping... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - 1835 - 476 pagini
...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...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 pagini
...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 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... | |
 | Samuel Spring, Gardiner Spring - 1836 - 228 pagini
...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 pagini
...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 pagini
...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 pagini
...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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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... 
