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 Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe: The literati - 293. oldalszerző: Edgar Allan Poe, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Nathaniel Parker Willis, James Russell Lowell - 1850Teljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
| Thomas Hood - 1861 - 394 oldal
...Oh, God ! to think Man ever Comes too near his Home ! THE DEATH-BED. WE watch'd her breathing thro' the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast...wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seem'd to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our... | |
| 1861 - 356 oldal
...passed through glory's morning-gate, And walked in Paradise. JAMES ALDRIUH. We watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As...her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied ; We thought her dying when she slept,... | |
| 1861 - 268 oldal
...through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As ia her breast the wave of life Was heaving to ami fro. So silently we seemed to speak So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers, To cko her living out. Oar very hopes belied our fears ; Our fears our hopes belied : We thought her dying... | |
| Thomas Hood - 1861 - 482 oldal
...; — O, God ! to think man ever Comes too near his home ! THE DEATH-BED. WE watched her breathing through the night? Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life S;o silently we seemed to speak^ So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our power& To eke her... | |
| Emily Sarah Holt - 1861 - 368 oldal
...breathing of the unfortunate Princess. " They watched her breathing through that night, Her breathing long and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. " And when the morn came calm and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed — she... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 oldal
...fountain, Thou art gone, and for ever ! Sir W. Scott ccxxxv THE DEA TH BED We watch'd her breathing thro' the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life But when the morn came dim and sad And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed—she had... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1862 - 578 oldal
...curious felicity of the following exquisitely beautiful and tender lines : — We watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As...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... | |
| 1862 - 972 oldal
...forth, such fruit shall it ever bear. Sir. W. Raleigh. Тнв DEATH-BED. We watched her breathing thro' the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast...about, As we had lent her half our powers, To eke her living out. Our тегу hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied, — We thought her dying... | |
| Henry Twells - 1862 - 262 oldal
...and every day, To live more nearly as we pray. KERLE. 99. THE DEATH-BED. "\T7E watch' d her breathing through the night, * ' Her breathing soft and low,...wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seem'd to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our... | |
| Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1862 - 418 oldal
...unbroken heart's first fragrance unto Heaven ! Hemanx. THE DEATH-LEIi. wateh'd her breathing thro' the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast...wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seem'd to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our... | |
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