 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
 | Thomas Hood - 1864 - 522 pagina’s
...seemed to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living oat. ' Oar very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied...thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. ' For when the morn oame dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her qniet eyelids closed... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1864 - 490 pagina’s
...wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. 15 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 tears our hopes belied — We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. For when... | |
 | A. M. G. B. - 1865 - 138 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. " And when the morn came chill and sad, And dim with early showers ; Her quiet eyelids closed,... | |
 | Henry Drury - 1865 - 424 pagina’s
...tide 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... | |
 | Samuel Irenæus Prime - 1865 - 182 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—she... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 pagina’s
...Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. The Death-Bed. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes...thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. Ibid. One more Unfortunate Weary of breath Rashly importunate, Gone to her death. The Bridge... | |
 | George William Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton - 1865 - 412 pagina’s
...thro' 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...thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. 356 EPHEMERA. For when the moon came dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet... | |
 | 1865 - 496 pagina’s
...in her breast the wave of life Went heaving to and fro. " Our hopes belied us as we wept, Our tears our hopes belied; We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. " Eut when the morn came dim and sad, And soft with airy showers, Her quiet eyelids closed... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1908 - 476 pagina’s
...about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our very hopes belied our fears, 10 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, 15 Her quiet eyelids closed... | |
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