 | American literature - 1846 - 608 pages
...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...eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours. From Tait'i Magazine. SLEEP. SLEEP ! mild and beautiful sleep ! Luller of thought ! Swiftly my soul... | |
 | American periodicals - 1871 - 878 pages
...breaat 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...eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours." Hood's father died not long afterwards, leaving his widow and children slenderly provided for, and... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 602 pages
...her breast the wave of life Kept hearing to and fro. So silently we seemed to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her...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... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1845 - 458 pages
...silently we 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...eyelids closed : — she had Another morn than ours." Take any passage in which Shakspeare's great heart speaks to the common heart of man. Often, too, a... | |
 | Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 pages
...breath 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! Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fear our hopes belied— We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died ; For when... | |
 | American periodicals - 1854 - 696 pages
...her breast the WWM 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 Our very hopes belied our fears, Oar fears our hopes belied — We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. For... | |
 | Great Britain - 1845 - 916 pages
...generally known to our readers. There is much of fine feeling in the two following : — THE DEATH BED. We watch'd her breathing thro' the night, Her breathing...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... | |
 | Jews - 1863 - 1154 pages
...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...eyelids closed, — she had Another morn than ours. GRINDING CORN IN AFRICA. DR. Livingstone mentions that he met frequently, when travelling in Africa,... | |
 | Theology - 1845 - 460 pages
...silently we 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...eyelids closed : — she had Another morn than ours." Take any passage in which Shakspeare's great heart speaks to the common heart of man. Often, too, a... | |
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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. Our very... 
