| 1892 - 268 pages
...they held their breath till they left the room, With a shudder, to glance at its stillness and its gloom. But he who loved her too well to dread The sweet, the stately, the beautiful dead, " He and She." 215 He lighted his lamp and took the key And turned it, — alone again, he and she. He and... | |
| English poetry - 1893 - 260 pages
...roses, and rosemary ; And they said, "As a lady should lie, lies she." And they held their breath till they left the room "With a shudder, to glance at its...beautiful dead, He lit his lamp and took the key And turned it, alone again — he and she. He and she ; but she would not speak, Though he kissed, in the... | |
| Literature - 1901 - 654 pages
...roses and rosemary ; And they said, " As a lady should lie, lies she." And they held their breath till they left the room, With a shudder, to glance at its...beautiful dead, He lit his lamp, and took the key And turned it — alone again, he and she. He and she ; but she would not speak, Though he kissed, in the... | |
| Thomas Edward Potterton - Consolation - 1903 - 178 pages
...tell ; And over her bosom they crossed her hands, — " Come away," they said, " God understands." But he who loved her too well to dread The sweet,...beautiful dead, He lit his lamp, and took the key, And turned it. Alone again, — he and she. Then he said, " Cold lips and breast without breath, Is there... | |
| English poetry - 1904 - 628 pages
...roses, and rosemary ; And they said, " As a lady should lie, lies she." And they held their breath till they left the room, With a shudder, to glance at its...beautiful dead, He lit his lamp and took the key And turned it. Alone again — he and she! He and she ; but she would not speak, Though he kissed, in the... | |
| Thomas Hebblewhite - 1904 - 902 pages
...over her bosom they crossed her hands. "Come away!" they said; "God understands." But he who lov 'd her too well to dread, The sweet, the stately, the...beautiful dead, He lit his lamp and took the key And turned it— alone again— he and she. He and She ; but she would not speak, Though he kissed in the... | |
| Alfred Henry Miles - English poetry - 1905 - 726 pages
...; About her brows, and her dear, pale face, They tied her veil and her marriage-lace ; And drew on her white feet her white silk shoes; — Which were...key, And turn'd it ! — Alone again — he and she I He and she ; but she would not speak, Though he kiss'd, in the old place, the quiet cheek He and... | |
| Lauron William De Laurence - Occultism - 1905 - 404 pages
...love in clay." And they held their breaths, as they left the room With a shudder, to glance at the stillness and gloom. But he who loved her too well...stately, the beautiful dead, He lit his lamp and took his key And turned it — "alone were he and she." Our spirit, or our soul, is clad in an earthly body,... | |
| Grace Anna Burt - 1905 - 298 pages
...eglantere ; And jasmine, and roses, and rosemary, For they said, ', As a lady should lie, lies she ! " But he — who loved her too well to dread The sweet, the stately, the beautiful dead, — He lit the lamp and took the key, And turned it! — Alone again — he and she! He and she ; but she would... | |
| Readers - 1925 - 584 pages
...roses, and rosemary; And they said, "As a lady should lie, lies she." And they held their breath till they left the room, With a shudder, to glance at its...beautiful dead, — He lit his lamp, and took the key And turned it, — alone again, — he and she. He and she ; but she would not speak, 384 He and she; but... | |
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