 | 1831 - 702 pagina’s
...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...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 —... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 pagina’s
...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...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... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pagina’s
...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...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... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - 1835 - 476 pagina’s
...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...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—... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1835 - 328 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | 742 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | 1871 - 878 pagina’s
...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...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... | |
 | 1846 - 608 pagina’s
...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...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... | |
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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... 
