 | Ann Jane - 1855 - 1198 pages
...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. 116 THE WIDOW AND HER SONS. Our very hopes belied our fears — Our fears our hopes belied ; We thought... | |
 | Bereavement - 1848 - 154 pages
...Her breathing soft and low, As in her heart 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 being out. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied ; We thought her dying when... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 432 pages
...wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seem'd to speak. So slowly moved about, As wo had lent her half our powers To eke her living out....thought her dying, when she slept, And sleeping when sho died. For when the morn came dim and sad, And chill with early showers. Her quiet eyelids closed... | |
 | 1854 - 672 pages
...her leader, who was with her when her spirit almost imperceptibly took its flight. " Sometimes our hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied—-...— when she slept ; And sleeping — when she died. Her end was peace." In compliance with her request, the scholars, after attending morning service on... | |
 | M. A. H. - Children in literature - 1849 - 160 pages
...Her breathing soft and low, As on 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 Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied ; We thought her dying when she slept,... | |
 | Meta Lander - 1861 - 354 pages
...Her breathing soft and low, As in her heart 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 being out. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears, our hopes belied ; We thought her dying when... | |
 | Hannah Flagg Gould - English poetry - 1851 - 300 pages
...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 being out. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied ; We thought her dying when... | |
 | J. B. Syme - Death - 1852 - 196 pages
...Her breathing soft and low, As on 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 being out. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied ; We thought her dying when... | |
 | Samuel Irenĉus Prime - Children - 1852 - 168 pages
...Her breathing soft and low, As in her heart 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 being out. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied ; We thought her dying when... | |
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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... 
