 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. " '...  Recitations at Whitnash rectory - Page 5by Whitnash rectory - 1866 - 15 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1845 - 888 pages
...we seemed to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her being out. We thought her dying when she slept. And sleeping when she died. For when the morn came dim and tad, And chit) with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed ;—she had Another morn than ours. We... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1845 - 186 pages
...breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. " And when the morn rose dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed ; — she had Another morn than theirs." CHAPTER XXIII. ZEPHINA'S GRIEF. AND there sat Zephina alone watching the dead. Beulah had... | |
 | 1846 - 644 pages
...seemed to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke hex being out. Our very hopes belied our fears — Our fears our hopes...eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours ! ANON. " THOU FOOL." A MIK of intelligence, but of a very sceptical turn of mind, had had many conversations... | |
 | 1846 - 508 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 belied...eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours." If it be the poet's office to find sweet words for thought and feeling which others have, who are scarcely... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1846 - 620 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 belied...eyelids closed — she had ' Another morn than ours. From Tail'g Magazine. SLEEP. SLEEP! mild and beautiful sleep ! Luller of thought ! Swiftly my soul... | |
 | 1846 - 302 pages
...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...eyelids closed ; — she had Another morn than ours. - GRACE BEFORE MEAT. BY CHARLES LAMB. The custom of saying grace at meals had, probably, its origin... | |
 | 1846 - 308 pages
...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...early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed;— she had GRACE BEFORE MEAT. BY CHARLES LAMB. The custom of saying grace at meals had, proba bly, its origin... | |
 | Seba Smith - 1846 - 216 pages
...As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out ! Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fear our hopes belied — We thought her dying when she...eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours ! THE LITTLE CHILD'S PHILOSOPHY. BT ELIZABETH OAKES SMITH. " Thou hast hid these things from the wise,... | |
 | 1846 - 578 pages
...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 belied...sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids clos'd — she had Another morn thau ours.' 'TO ' I love thee — I love thee ! 'Tis all that I can... | |
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