 It was not her time to love; beside, Her life had many a hope and aim, Duties enough and little cares, And now was quiet, now astir, Till God's hand beckoned unawares, — And the sweet white brow is all of her.  The Magazine of Poetry - Page 991890Full view - About this book
 | 1856 - 504 pages
...two long rays thro' the hinge's chink. Sixteen years old when she 'died ! Perhaps she had scarcely heard my name — It was not her time to love : beside, Her life had many a hope and aiiu, Duties enough and little cares, And now was quiet, now astir — Till God's hand beckoned unawares,... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1896 - 496 pages
...foam, white a* the bitten lips of hate. This is how death came to "beautiful Evelyn Hope'' — . . . God's hand beckoned unawares, And the sweet white brow is all of her. And this is how the like event came to pleasure-seeking men and women in sunny Venice long ago : —... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1856 - 686 pages
...Save two long rays thro' the hinge's chink. Sixteen years old when she died ! Perhaps she had scarcely heard my name — It was not her time to love ; beside,...brow is all of her. Is it too late, then, Evelyn Hope F "What, your soul was pure and true, The good stars met in your horoscope, Made you of spirit, fire,... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1856 - 672 pages
...Save two long rays thro' the hinge's chink. Sixteen years old when she died ! Perhaps she had scarcely heard my name — It was not her time to love ; beside,...quiet, now astir — Till God's hand beckoned unawares, Is it too late, then, Evelyn Hope ? What, your soul was pure and true, The good stars met in your horoscope,... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1856 - 684 pages
...Save two long rays thro' the hinge's chink. Sixteen years old when she died ! Perhaps she had scarcely heard my name — It was not her time to love ; beside,...quiet, now astir — Till God's hand beckoned unawares, Is it too late, then, Evelyn Hope ? What, your soul was pure and true, The good stars met in your horoscope,... | |
 | Warren Tilton, William August Crafts - 1856 - 318 pages
...return, for the man is a marvel of his kind. Just hear him talk of c Evelyn Hope,' who is dead : i Her life had many a hope and aim — Duties enough and little cares, And now was quiet and now astir — Till God's hand beckoned unawares, And the sweet white brow is all of her.' " And... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - American poetry - 1857 - 426 pages
...Save two long rays thro' the hinge's chink. Sixteen years old when she died ! Perhaps she had scarcely heard my name — It was not her time to love : beside,...brow is all of her. Is it too late, then, Evelyn Hope 1 What, your soul was pure and true, The good stars met in your horoscope, Made you of spirit, fire,... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1857 - 418 pages
...two long rays through the hmge's chink. Sixteen years old when she died ! Perhaps she had scarcely heard my name — It was not her time to love : beside,...cares, And now was quiet, now astir — Till God's hand beckon'd unawares, And the sweet white brow is all of her. Is it too late, then, Evelyn Hope ? What,... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - American poetry - 1858 - 644 pages
...Save two long rays thro' the hinge's chink. .Sixteen years old when she died! Perhaps she had scarcely heard my name — It was not her time to love : beside,...What, your soul was pure and true, The good stars met iu your horoscope, Made you of spirit, fire, and dew; And just because I was thrice as old, And our... | |
 | Alison Reid - 1860 - 430 pages
...So my cousins went their way to enjoy their fortune, and I went my way to enjoy mine. CHAPTER XI. " God's hand beckoned unawares, And the sweet white brow is all of her ! " EVELYN HOPE. OH ! it was pleasant to bask once more in the warmth of an English fire, and doubly... | |
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