 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 Family friend [ed. by R.K. Philp]. - Pagina 381geredigeerd door Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1853
...wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. " So silently she seemed to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out....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... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853
...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 living out....fears, Our fears our hopes belied — We thought her dymg when she slept, For when the morn came dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids... | |
 | Martha Noyes Williams - 1853 - 274 pagina’s
...silently we seemed 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...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... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 490 pagina’s
...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....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... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 388 pagina’s
...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 living out....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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1854
...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....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... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1854
...silently we seem'd to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her heing out. Our very hopes belied our fears ; Our fears our...thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she aied. For when the morn came, dim and s*J. And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1854 - 472 pagina’s
...the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro, So silently we seemM to speak? So slowly mov'd about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our very hopes belied our fears s Our fears our hopes belied™ We thought her dying when she slept^ And sleeping when she died. For... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1855
...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 living out....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... | |
 | William Wells Brown - 1855 - 315 pagina’s
...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....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... | |
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