 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 Gentleman's Magazine ... - Page 6631872Full view - About this book
 | 1831 - 702 pages
...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 - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...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 - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...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 - Literature - 1835 - 476 pages
...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—... | |
 | Samuel Spring, Gardiner Spring - 1836 - 228 pages
...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... | |
 | United States - 1842 - 712 pages
...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... | |
 | American periodicals - 1871 - 878 pages
...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... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 608 pages
...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... | |
 | Great Britain - 1845 - 916 pages
...we seem'd 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, 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 clos'd — she... | |
 | Jews - 1863 - 1154 pages
...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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