 Apart she sighed ; alone, she shed the tear : Then, as if breaking from a cloud, she gave Fresh light, and gilt the prospect of the grave. One day he lighter seemed, and they forgot The care, the dread, the anguish of their lot ; They spoke with cheerfulness,...  Bertha's Visit to Her Uncle in England - Page 256by Mrs. Marcet (Jane Haldimand) - 1830Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1812 - 850 pages
...She look some portion of the dread away; With him she pr.iv'd, to him hi* Bible read, Sooth'd thetVmt heart, and held the aching head: She came with smiles the hour of pain to cheer; Apart she sir.h'c! ; alone she shed the tear; Then, as if breaking from a cloud, she gave Fresh light, and gilt... | |
 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1810 - 702 pages
...away; With him she pray'd, to him his Bible read, Sooth .1 the faint heart, and held the aching heart: She came with smiles the hour of pain to cheer; Apart she sigh'd; alone, she shed the tear; Then, as if breaking from a cloud, she gave Fresh light, and gilt... | |
 | George Crabbe - English poetry - 1810 - 612 pages
...every day She took some portion of the dread away ; With him she pray'd, to him his Bible read, Sooth'd the faint heart, and held the aching head ;. She came with smiles the hour of pain to cheer; Apart she sigh'd; alone, she !>hed the tear; Then, as if breaking from a cloud, she gave Fresh light, and gilt... | |
 | George Crabbe - City and town life - 1810 - 402 pages
...away; With him she pray'd, to him hi» Bible read, Sooth'd the faint heart, and held the aching head s She came with smiles the hour of pain to cheer; Apart she sigh'd ; alone, she shed the tear ; Then, as if breaking from a cloud, she gave Fresh light, and gilt... | |
 | 1811 - 566 pages
...every day She took some portion of the dread away ; With him she pray'd, to him his Bible read, Sooth'd the faint heart, and held the aching head : She came with smiles the hour of ; .. in to cheer ; Apart she sigh'd ; alone, she shed the tear.'* The following verses of Statius,... | |
 | History - 1812 - 822 pages
...eve'ry day She took some portion of the dread away; With him she pray'd, to him his Bible read, Sooth d the faint heart, and held the aching head: She came with smiles the hour ot pain to chew; Apart she sigh'd ; alone she shed the tear; Then, as if breaking from a cloud, she... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1816 - 340 pages
...every day She took some portion of the dread away ; With him she pray'd, to him his Bible read, Sooth'd the faint heart, and held the aching head : She came with smiles the hour of pain to cheer; Apart she sigh'd; alone, she shed the tear; Then, as if breaking from a cloud, she gave Fresh light, and gilt... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - Conduct of life - 1818 - 432 pages
...every day She took some portion of the dread away ; With him she pray'd, to him his Bible read, Sooth'd the faint heart, and held the aching head : She came...with smiles the hour of pain to cheer ; Apart she sigh'd ; alone, she shed the tear ; Then, as if breaking from a cloud, she gave Fresh light, and gilt... | |
 | British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...day She took some portion of the dread away ; With 'him she pray 'd, to him his Bible read, Sooth'd the faint heart, and held the aching head . She came...gave Fresh light, and gilt the prospect of the grave. 'One day he lighter seem'd, and they forgot The care, the dread, the anguish of their lot; They spoke... | |
 | George Crabbe - 1820 - 346 pages
...day She took some portion of the dread away ; "With him she pray'd, to him his Bible read, Sooth'd the faint heart, and held the aching head : She came...with smiles the hour of pain to cheer ; Apart she sigh'd ; alone, she shed the tear ; Then, as if breaking from a cloud, she gave Fresh light, and gilt... | |
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