 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
 | 1903 - 820 pages
...those kissings worth, If thou kiss not me? THE DEATHBED THOMAS HOOD We watch'd her breathing thro' the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast...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... | |
 | 1903 - 60 pages
...set, Haply I may remember, And haply may forget. Christina Rossetti. We watch'd her breathing thro' the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast...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... | |
 | Joseph Bickersteth Mayor - 1903 - 188 pages
...symphony in two verses, and are united by assonance in the following : 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. As these lines might be written in two seven-foot lines, it is easy to see why the 1st and 3rd rhymes... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1905 - 680 pages
...good sensation in it, but still he would do so. Was it not here?— ' 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. • Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied — We thought her dying when she slept,... | |
 | Elia Wilkinson Peattie - 1903 - 252 pages
..."The Song of the Shirt" and '"*««e Bridge of Sighs." He died May 3, 1S45. We watched her sleeping through the night, 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... | |
 | Sir Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant Duff - 1904 - 416 pages
...roaring Loom of Time I ply And weave for God the garment thou seest Him by. THOMAS HOOD. 1798-1845 THE DEATHBED We watched her breathing through the...breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life So silently we seemed to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her... | |
 | 1904 - 1058 pages
...old oak's roots doth now assail, O fair young girl and flower! From the French of POEMS OF SORROW. THE DEATH-BED. WE watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in lier breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seemed to speak, So slowly moved... | |
 | Sherwin Cody - 1905 - 628 pages
...And yet I cease not to behold THOMAS HOOD (1798-1845) THE DEATH BED WE watch'd her breathing thro" the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast...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... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig - 1905 - 298 pages
...were my bride. 6 4 1845. Helen Selina, Lady Dufferin. THE DEATH BED 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. 4 So silently we seem'd to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1905 - 680 pages
...good sensation in it, but still he would do so. Was it not here ? — ' 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. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied — We thought her dying when she slept,... | |
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