 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 Papers of Pastor Felix - Seite 268von Arthur John Lockhart - 1903 - 386 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1846 - 302 Seiten
...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 being out. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied ; We thought her dying when... | |
 | 1846 - 644 Seiten
...through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. nd and not the whole ? Yot grant it true; new difficulties rise; Whence earth and these bright o hex being out. Our very hopes belied our fears — Our fears our hopes belied ; We thought her dying... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1847 - 400 Seiten
...breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seem'd to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her...sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours. HOOD. MEN who have derided the strictness of a Christian's... | |
 | 1847 - 440 Seiten
...her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seemed to speak, So slowly mov'd about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her...sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids clos'd — she had Another morn than ours. Have they not met ere this, those two so loving and so lovely... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1847 - 256 Seiten
...her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seem'd to speak, So slowly mov'd about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her...sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids clos'd — she had Another morn than ours. . • TO MY DAUGHTER. ON HEB BIRTHDAY. DEAR Fanny ! nine... | |
 | John Dowling - 1847 - 322 Seiten
...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 being out. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied ; We thought her dying when... | |
 | F- B- (hon.) - 1847 - 376 Seiten
...his beloved mother open her eyes; once more she gazed on him; a low moan was heard. " So silently she seemed to speak, So slowly moved about, — As we...lent her half our powers To eke her living- out." CHAPTER XXVIII. ME. BROWN did not survive his dreadful accident many hours. Naturally of a strongunbroken... | |
 | Ann Jane - 1855 - 1198 Seiten
...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,...had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. 116 THE WIDOW AND HER SONS. Our very hopes belied our fears — Our fears our hopes belied ; We thought... | |
 | 1848 - 154 Seiten
...through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her heart 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 being out. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied ; We thought her dying when... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 432 Seiten
...wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seem'd to speak. So slowly moved about, As wo had lent her half our powers To eke her living out....thought her dying, when she slept, And sleeping when sho died. For when the morn came dim and sad, And chill with early showers. Her quiet eyelids closed... | |
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