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. " '... Christian Examiner and Theological Review - Page 2191845Full view - About this book
| 1846 - 608 pages
...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 fears our...eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours. From Tait'i Magazine. SLEEP. SLEEP ! mild and beautiful sleep ! Luller of thought ! Swiftly my soul... | |
| 1871 - 878 pages
...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 fears our...eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours." Hood's father died not long afterwards, leaving his widow and children slenderly provided for, and... | |
| Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 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...quiet eyelids closed— she had Another morn than ours ! THE following graphic account of a grand battle between two armies of on/sis highly interesting.... | |
| 1854 - 696 pages
...about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out Our very hopes belied our fears, Oar fears our hopes belied — We thought her dying when...showers, Her quiet eyelids closed — she had Another mom than ours. Thomas Hood has now another morn than ours — may that morn have brightened into perfect... | |
| 1846 - 602 pages
...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 fears our...For when the morn came dim and sad. And chill with enrly showers, Her quiet eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours. MISCELLANEOUS. PARAGRAPHS... | |
| 1863 - 1154 pages
...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 fears our...eyelids closed, — she had Another morn than ours. GRINDING CORN IN AFRICA. DR. Livingstone mentions that he met frequently, when travelling in Africa,... | |
| 1845 - 916 pages
...silently 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...sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids clos'd — she had Another mom than ours. TO MY DAUGHTER : ON HER BIRTHDAY. Dear Fanny ! nine long... | |
| 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... | |
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