 She is coming, my own, my sweet; Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth in an earthy bed; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century dead; Would start and tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple...  Scribner's Magazine - Page 165edited by - 1917Full view - About this book
 | Literature - 1856 - 542 pages
...of the Beloved One, and after the lily whispers, " I wait," come the rejoicing words of the lover. " She is coming, my own, my sweet ; Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth in an earthy bed; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1855 - 936 pages
...rose weeps, 'She is late;' The la'kspur listens, ' 1 hear 1 heur,1 And the lily whispers, * 1 wait.' She is coming, my own, my sweet Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth in an earthy bed ; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain lor a ceniury... | |
 | Ireland - 1855 - 724 pages
...weeps, 'She la late ;* The larkspur listens, ' I bear, I hear ;' And the lily whispers, ' I wait.' She is coming, my own, my sweet ; Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth In an earthy bed ; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1855 - 440 pages
...the following will be the Scale of Charges: — sd Under 20 words 2 6 For every 10 words above 20 0 6 She is coming, my own, my sweet ; Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth in an earthy bed ; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century... | |
 | 1855 - 498 pages
...weeps, ' She is late ;' The larkspur listens, ' I hear, I hear ;' And the lily whispers, ' I wait.' She is coming, my own, my sweet ; Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth in an earthy bed : My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century... | |
 | 1855 - 1428 pages
...rose weeps, 'SlieUlate ; ic larkspur listens, * I hear, I bear ;' And the lily whispers, * I wait.' She is coming, my own, my sweet ; Were it ever -so airy n tread, My h^art would hear her and beat, \\Vre it earth in an earthy bed; My dust would hear her... | |
 | 1856 - 430 pages
...daffodil skyTo faint in the Hunt of the sun phc loves : To faint in his light, and to die." • ****»*• She is coming, my own, my sweet; Were it ever so airy a tread. My heart would hear tier, and beat, \Verc It earth in an earthy bud. My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a... | |
 | John Sullivan Dwight - Music - 1856 - 428 pages
...weep.«, " She is lute;" The larkspur listens, " I hear, I hear"; And the lily whispers, " I wait". She is coming, my own, my sweet; Were it ever so airy л tread, My heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth in an earthy bed; My dust would hear her... | |
 | Music - 1857 - 854 pages
...and rose, in one ; Shine out little head, sunning over with curls, To the flowers, and be their Sun. She is coming, my own, my sweet, Were it ever so airy a tread, My henrt would hear her and beat, _ Were it earth in an earthy bed. . гчн т, 8& MISS LOUISA VINNING.... | |
 | Charles Mackay - England - 1858 - 420 pages
...weeps, " She is late;" The larkspur listens, " I hear, I hear ;" And the lily whispers, " I wait." She is coming, my own, my sweet; Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth in an earthy bed; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century... | |
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