 | 1904 - 738 pagina’s
...the wife of Everard Lornas, a young doctor who was about to take over his father's practice. But, " Alas, how easily things go wrong; A sigh too much or a kiss too long ; Then cometh a mist like a weeping rain, And life is never the same again." His lungs are found to... | |
 | 1880 - 494 pagina’s
...lines M. A. WICKHAM asks for. "A FRAGMENT. " Alas ! how easily things go wrong, A sigh too much, and a kiss too long, And there follows a mist and a weeping...'. how hardly things go right, 'Tis hard to watch on a summer night, For the sigh will come, and the kiss will stay, And the summer night is a winter... | |
 | 1877 - 668 pagina’s
...line«— " Alas ! bow easily things go wrong ! Л sigh too deep, or a kiss too long, And then comes a mist and a weeping rain, And life is never the same again, —are by George Macdonald, and appear in the fairy story of Phantasies. JK " The hearts of men, which... | |
 | George MacDonald - 1858 - 352 pagina’s
...more to Sir Aglovaile. Only a voice, when winds were wild, Sobbed and wailed like a chidden child. Alas, how easily things go wrong ! A sigh too much, or a hiss too long, And there follows a mist and a weeping rain, And life is never the same again. This... | |
 | Annie Keary - 1863 - 440 pagina’s
...little daughter has been in hers, eh?" CHAPTER V. " Alas ! how easily things go wrong ! * • » » • And there follows a mist and a weeping rain, And life is never the same again." G. MACDONALD. YES, it was settled. Nesta was Mr. Carr's promised wife; and Hilary and Charlie being... | |
 | 568 pagina’s
...human work. We would give a good deal of fine prose for this little song from " Phantastes " : — " Alas, how easily things go wrong ! A sigh too much,...a weeping rain, And life is never the same again. " Alus, how hardly things go right ! 'Tis hard to watch in a summer night, For the sigh will come,... | |
 | lady Frances Parthenope Verney - 1868 - 352 pagina’s
...others. CHAPTER XV. THE DRUID'S STONES. . Alas ! how easily things go wrong, A word too much or a frown too long, And there follows a mist and a weeping rain, And life is never the same again. — MACDONALD. FOR a few days Roland was firm against the idea : at the end of that time, however,... | |
 | mrs. David Armstrong - 1870 - 326 pagina’s
...the first words his eye fell upon were, " The wages of sin is death." CHAPTER II. FATAL INDECISION. Alas ! how easily things go wrong : A sigh too much,...there follows a mist and a weeping rain, And life is nerer the same again. Alas, how hardly things go right ! 'Tis hard to watch in a summer's night, For... | |
 | 1872 - 848 pagina’s
...We would give a good deal of fine prose for this little song from " Phantastes " : — " Alas, liow easily things go wrong ! A sigh too much, or a kiss..." Alas, how hardly things go right ! 'Tis hard to wntch in a summer night, For the sigh will come, and the kiss will stay, And the summer night is a... | |
 | Annie Edwards - 1873 - 254 pagina’s
...external world as full of sunshine and glad sounds as it was ten minutes ago ; and her world shipwrecked. Alas, how easily things go wrong ! A sigh too much, or a kiss too long, And there follow a mist, and a sweeping rain, And life is never the same again. They eat their dinner of strange... | |
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Alas ! how easily things go wrong ; A sigh too much or a kiss too long, And there follows a mist and a weeping rain, And life is never the same again. 
