Life and Its Realities, Volume 1; Volume 245Hurst & Blackett, 1857 |
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Page 235 - Gloster stumbled ; and, in falling, Struck me, that thought to stay him, overboard, Into the tumbling billows of the main. O Lord ! methought what pain it was to drown ! What dreadful noise of water in mine ears ! What sights of ugly death within mine eyes...
Page 235 - WHOM first we love, you know, we seldom wed. Time rules us all. And Life, indeed, is not The thing we planned it out ere hope was dead. And then, we women cannot choose our lot. Much must be borne which it is hard to bear : Much given away which it were sweet to keep. God help us all ! who need, indeed His care. And yet, I know, the Shepherd loves his sheep. My little boy begins to babble now Upon my knee his earliest infant prayer. He has his father's eager eyes, I know. And, they say too, his mother's...
Page 235 - And, they say too, his mother's sunny hair. But when he sleeps and smiles upon my knee, And I can feel his light breath come and go, I think of one (Heaven help and pity me !) Who loved me, and whom I loved, long ago. Who might have been ... ah, what I dare not think! We all are changed. God judges for us best. God help us do our duty, and not shrink, And trust in Heaven humbly for the rest.
Page 141 - O'er all From orb to orb, to the remotest verge Of the created world, the sound is borne, Till the whole universe is full of Him.
Page 134 - O'er all there hung the shadow of a fear, A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted ! THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS.
Page 17 - No dog was at the threshold, great or small ; No pigeon on the roof — no household creature — No cat demurely dozing on the wall — Not one domestic feature.
Page 7 - O zarte Sehnsucht, süßes Hoffen! Der ersten Liebe goldne Zeit! Das Auge sieht den Himmel offen, es schwelgt das Herz in Seligkeit. O daß sie ewig grünen bliebe, die schöne Zeit der jungen Liebe! Wie sich schon die Pfeifen bräunen! Dieses Stäbchen tauch' ich ein: sehn wir's überglast erscheinen, wird's zum Gusse zeitig sein.
Page 114 - And know how far away that heaven may seem; Who have felt that desolate isolation sharp Defined in Death's own face ; who have stood beside The Silent River, and stretcht out pleading hands For some sweet Babe upon the other bank, That went forth where no human hand might lead, And left the shut house with no light, no sound, No answer, when the mourners wail without ! What we have known, ye know, and only know.
Page 133 - Across the sunbeam, with a sudden gloom, A ghostly Shadow flitted. Across the sunbeam, and along the wall, But painted on the air so very dimly, It hardly veil'd the tapestry at all, Or portrait frowning grimly. O'er all there hung the shadow of a fear, 349 A sense of mystery the spirit daunted...
Page 235 - We are all changed. God judges for us best. God help us do our duty, and not shrink, And trust in Heaven humbly for the rest. But blame us women not, if some appear Too cold at times ; and some too gay and light. Some griefs gnaw deep. Some woes are hard to bear. Who knows the past? and who can judge us right?