 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...  Harper's New Monthly Magazine - Sivu 2731856Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | 1831 - 702 sivua
...— 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...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... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 sivua
...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...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... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 sivua
...-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...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... | |
 | Margaret De Courcy, Beatrice De Courcy - 1832 - 500 sivua
...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 when she died. For when the morn came dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed — she had Another morn... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - 1835 - 476 sivua
...— 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...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... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1835 - 328 sivua
...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 came dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed — she had Another morn... | |
 | Samuel Spring, Gardiner Spring - 1836 - 228 sivua
...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 belied ; We...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 sivua
...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 sivua
...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 belied —...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 sivua
...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 ; We...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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