 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...  English Grammar & Reader - Page 83by Eugen Mory - 1905 - 83 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1831 - 702 pages
...colder than when I saw them at the cottage. THE DEATH-BED. BY T. HOOD. WE watch'd her breathing thro' the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast...showers, Her quiet eyelids closed — she had Another mom than ours ! THE IRISH LORD LIEUTENANT AND HIS DOUBLE. BY THE AUTHOR OF " THE o'HARA TALES." IT... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our very hopes belled our fears, Our fears our hopes belied — We thought...quiet eyelids closed — she had Another morn than GUI'S. THE 80NQ Of THE SHIRT. WITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat,... | |
 | Margaret De Courcy, Beatrice De Courcy - Fashion - 1832 - 500 pages
...To eke her living out. Our very hopes helied our fears — Oar fears our hopes helied— We thonght her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died....eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours. But I must desist from such reflections ; and yet I am in that plaintive mood which The Tenth of October... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...fears our hopes belied ; We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. For ulini the morn came dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed—she had Another morn than ours. LESSON LII. The Mermaid's Song.—HANNAH F. GOULD. COME, mariner,... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - Literature - 1835 - 476 pages
...Her breathing soft :md low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro 1 So silentty we seemed to speak — So slowly moved about ! As...showers, Her quiet eyelids closed— she had Another moru than ours I THOMAS HOOD. AU'TUMN. SEASON of mists and mellow fruitfulnese, Close bosom-friend... | |
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...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 she slept, And...eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours. LESSON LII. , f The Mermaid's Song. — HANNAH F. GOULD. „ COME, mariner, down in the deep with me,... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - English language - 1839 - 482 pages
...hopes belied — We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died And when the morn rose dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet...eye-lids closed — she had Another morn than ours. EPIC POETRY. ADDRESS TO THE HOLY SPIRIT.— MILTOK. Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 608 pages
...DEATH-BED. XT THE LATE THOMAS HOOD. WE watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and Tow, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to...eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours. From Tait'i Magazine. SLEEP. SLEEP ! mild and beautiful sleep ! Luller of thought ! Swiftly my soul... | |
 | American periodicals - 1871 - 878 pages
...Album : — " We watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breaat the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. " So silently...eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours." Hood's father died not long afterwards, leaving his widow and children slenderly provided for, and... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1845 - 458 pages
...silently we seemed to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her being out. " Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears...eyelids closed : — she had Another morn than ours." Take any passage in which Shakspeare's great heart speaks to the common heart of man. Often, too, a... | |
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