... 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 hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied — We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she... Complete poetical works - Page xxviiby Thomas Hood - 1862Full view - About this book
| 1863 - 1154 pages
...her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. For when the morn came dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed, — she had Another morn than ours. GRINDING CORN IN AFRICA. DR. Livingstone mentions that he met frequently, when travelling in Africa,... | |
| 1845 - 888 pages
...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 have no space, we are sorry to say, for farther extracts; and can only recommend all readers who... | |
| Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1845 - 186 pages
...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 - 302 pages
...her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. For when the morn came dim and sad And chill with early showers, Her quiet 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... | |
| Seba Smith - 1846 - 216 pages
...dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died ; For when the morn came dim and sad — And chill with early showers, Her quiet 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,... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1846 - 620 pages
...her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. For when the morn came dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet 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 - 508 pages
...her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. For when the morn came dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet 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... | |
| 1846 - 644 pages
...her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. For when the morn came, dim and sad, And chill dy attention, as if every word would be eaten which dropped from the mouths of ! ANON. " THOU FOOL." A MIK of intelligence, but of a very sceptical turn of mind, had had many conversations... | |
| Catherine Sinclair - 1847 - 400 pages
...her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. For when the morn came dim and 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 general habits, and would not attend to... | |
| John Dowling - 1847 - 322 pages
...her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. For when the morn came, dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed ; — she had Another morn than ours. JUDSON'S DEPARTURE FROM ST. HELENA. REV. 9. DKTOEN FHELFS. " I was obliged to hasten on board ship,... | |
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