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... The Christian Parlor Magazine - Page 161847Full view - About this book
 | Language Arts & Disciplines - 1846
...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... | |
 | Alvan Lamson, Ezra Stiles Gannett, George Putnam, George Edward Ellis - 1845
...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...sad And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed : she had Another morn than ours." Take any passage in which Shakspeare's great heart speaks... | |
 | Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844
...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... | |
 | Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1854
...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... | |
 | 1845
...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 mov'd about, As we had lent her...showers, Her quiet eyelids clos'd she had Another mom than ours. TO MY DAUGHTER : ON HER BIRTHDAY. Dear Fanny ! nine long years ago, While yet the morning... | |
![The Jewish advocate for the young [by J.J. Reynolds]. The Jewish advocate for the young [by J.J. Reynolds].](http://bks6.books.google.ca/books?id=2VkEAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&edge=curl) | London society for promoting Christianity amongst the Jews, James Jubilee Reynolds - 1863
...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...sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed, she had Another morn than ours. GRINDING CORN IN AFRICA. DR. Livingstone mentions that... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1846
...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 mov'd about, As we had lent her...eyelids clos'd she had Another morn than ours. TO MY DAUGHTER. ON HER BIRTHDAY. DEAR Fanny ! nine long years ago, While yet the morning sun was low,... | |
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