 | John Hoskyns Abrahall - 1863 - 140 pagina’s
...The Deathbed. Hood. WE watch'd 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 seem'd to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers, To eke her living out.... | |
 | 1863 - 632 pagina’s
...preceding sentence, " Mortuus vivere, et vivens mortuus putabatur," quotes 'Hood's beautiful lines, " We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died." — P. 472. mitted to the tomb in the year of the Incarnation 1148. Thine, O JESUS, is the treasure... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1864 - 522 pagina’s
...The Death-bed — '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. «...we had lent her half our powers To eke her living oat. ' Oar very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied — We thought her dying when she... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1864 - 490 pagina’s
...the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. 15 So silently we seemed to speak, So slowly moved about,...her living out. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our tears our hopes belied — We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. For when... | |
 | A. M. G. B. - 1865 - 138 pagina’s
...darling's case. " We watched her breathing thro' the night, Her breathing soft and low ; As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. '...dying when she slept ; And sleeping when she died. " And when the morn came chill and sad, And dim with early showers ; Her quiet eyelids closed, she... | |
 | Samuel Irenæus Prime - 1865 - 182 pagina’s
...JAMES ALDRICH. WE watched her breathing through the night Her breathing soft and low, As in her heart the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently...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... | |
 | George William Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton - 1865 - 412 pagina’s
...thro' the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes...dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. 356 EPHEMERA. For when the moon came dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids clos'd—she... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 pagina’s
...Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. The Death-Bed. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes...dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. Ibid. One more Unfortunate Weary of breath Rashly importunate, Gone to her death. The Bridge of Sighs.... | |
 | 1865 - 496 pagina’s
...in her breast the wave of life Went heaving to and fro. " Our hopes belied us as we wept, Our tears our hopes belied; We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. " Eut when the morn came dim and sad, And soft with airy showers, Her quiet eyelids closed — ahe... | |
 | William Wallace Lyle, William W. Lyle - 1865 - 412 pagina’s
...to her the messenger was one of light, for her countenance was radiant with joy, and so calm that " We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died!" How sweet that death-bed was, only those could know who were privileged to behold it. So near heaven... | |
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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... 
