 We watch'd her breathing thro' the night, Her 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 half our powers To eke her living out. Our very...  The Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature - Page 4271846Full view - About this book
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...days of terror past, 35 And joy and Frederick bloom no more. Melesina Trench. CCXLVI THE DEATH BED. We watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing...heaving to and fro. So silently we seemed to speak, 5 So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers, To eke her living out. Our very hopes... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1869 - 282 pages
...figs, and mute, And I — I've got a substitute ' To soldier in my place ! THE DEATH BED. WE watch'd her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft...wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seem'd to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1869 - 284 pages
...figs, and mute, And I — I've got a substitute To soldier in my place ! THE DEATH BED. WE watch'd her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft...wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seem'd to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...seventeenth century, t From the Opera of Clari — the Maid of Milan. THOMAS HOOD. 1798-1845. "\ \ TE watched her breathing through the night, * • Her...her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. The Death-Bcd. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied ; We thought her dying when... | |
 | Isa Blagden - 1869 - 330 pages
...told me he had broken down at last. 292 CHAPTER XXII. AURA'S DEATH. " We watched her breathing thro' the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. " But when the morn came dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed — she... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 pages
...meekness, Her sins to her Saviour. 323. THE DEATH-BED. We watched her breathing through the nighfe Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept surging to and fro. So silently we seemed to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half... | |
 | 1870 - 462 pages
...o'er; A few dark days of terror past, 35 And joy and Frederick bloom no more. CCXLVIII THE DEATH BED. We watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing...heaving to and fro. So silently we seemed to speak, 5 So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers, To eke her living out. Our very hopes... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1870 - 496 pages
...vocality, and are used to express fear, caution, secrecy, solemnity, and all tender emotions. EXAMPLES. 1. We watched her breathing through the night, „ Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the ware of life Kept heaving to and fro. HOOD. 2. Softly, peacefully, Lay her to rest ; Place the turf... | |
 | Medley, G F S - 1870 - 148 pages
...QUINCEY. THOMAS HOOD. E watch' d her breathing thro' the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in hor 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 half our powers To eke her living out. Our... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1903 - 1188 pages
...under the deep, deep sea, Or iu the wide desert where no life is found. Sonnet. Silence. 9 We watch'd her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft...her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. - The Death-Bed. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied ; We thought her dying... | |
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