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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 seemed to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our very... "
Cambridge examination papers: a suppl. to the University calendar, 1856-59 - Page 118
by Cambridge univ, exam. papers - 1856
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The Englishman's magazine [ed. by E. Moxon].

1831 - 702 pages
...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...— And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed — she had Another mom than ours ! THE IRISH LORD LIEUTENANT AND HIS DOUBLE. BY THE AUTHOR...
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The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music, and Romance

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....sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours. But I must desist from such reflections ; and yet I am in...
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The Eclectic Reader: Designed for Schools and Academies

Bela Bates Edwards - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...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 sleeping when she died. For ulini the morn came dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed—she had Another...
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The Eclectic Reader: Designed for Schools and Academies

Bela Bates Edwards - Readers - 1835 - 328 pages
...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...sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours. LESSON LII. , f The Mermaid's Song. — HANNAH F. GOULD....
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The Republic of Letters: A Selection, in Poetry and Prose, from ..., Volume 4

Alexander Whitelaw - Literature - 1835 - 476 pages
...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...— And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed— she had Another moru than ours I THOMAS HOOD. AU'TUMN. SEASON of mists and mellow fruitfulnese,...
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Giafar Al Barmeki: A Tale of the Court of Haroun Al Raschid ...

Samuel Spring, Gardiner Spring - 1836 - 228 pages
...waves of life Came heaving to and fro. * ***** Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied ; We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. BORNE down by grief and self-reproach, Giafar returned to his home. Life seemed a burden too heavy...
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The New Monthly Belle Assemblée, Volumes 36-37

Fashion - 742 pages
...just as he did in that long sleep." I thought of Hood's fine lines, here only too applicable — " We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died." I took her quietly by the arm : " Come, dearest, lie down and rest." She resisted me with a look of...
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The Young Lady's Reader

Louisa Caroline Tuthill - English language - 1839 - 482 pages
...moved about — As we had lent her half our life, Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears, our 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...
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The Christian reformer; or, Unitarian magazine and review [ed. by ..., Volume 7

Robert Aspland - 1840 - 844 pages
...Devoutly may we hope that " our latter end may be like hers.' " When the moni came dim and sad, And wet with early showers, Her quiet eyelids clos'd ; she had Another morn than ours." Death to her came not as a " king of terrors," but as a ministering angel, to execute in love the mission...
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The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, Volume 11

United States - 1842 - 712 pages
...waves of life Came heaving to and fro. " And still our hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied ; We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died !" A few words will conclude all that remains to be told. Edward never came again into contact with...
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