 | John Hoskyns Abrahall - 1863 - 140 pages
...prseconia virtus : Evexit paucas ad supera alta pudor. The Deathbed. Hood. WE watch'd her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast...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 - 438 pages
...bubble on the fountain, Thou art gone, and forever ! Sir W. Scott ccxxxv THE DEA TH BED WE watch'd her breathing thro' the night, Her breathing soft...her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. But when the morn came dim and sad And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed — she had... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1863 - 64 pages
...because We have been glad of yore. 34 KEY TO ENGLISH COMPOSITION. 4 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. 6. So silently we seemed to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1864 - 490 pages
...O, God ! to think man ever Comes too near his home ! 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. 15 So silently we seemed to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke... | |
 | Frances Elizabeth Willard - 1864 - 268 pages
...the tremulous spirit was drifting, though she knew it not, while " We watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low : As in her breast the wave of life Went heaving to and fro." The mystic change which the morning was to bring found no prophecy in these... | |
 | George William Lyttelton Baron Lyttelton - 1865 - 412 pages
...be remarked ; but I need not attempt to describe them. They are lines on a deathbed:— We watch'd her breathing thro' the night, Her breathing soft...her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied : We thought her dying when she slept,... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 pages
...From the Opera of Clari— the Maid of Milan. THOMAS HOOD. 1798-1845. 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. The Death-Bed. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied ; We thought her dying when... | |
 | 1865 - 496 pages
...influences of immorality. Good sensation ! was it not here ? — " We watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As 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... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1866 - 496 pages
...voice of the spoiler by me ! THOMAS HOOD.— Music by John Blockley. WE watch'd her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast...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. Our... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1866 - 412 pages
....caution, secrecy, solemnity, and all tender emotions. EXAMPLES. 1. 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. HOOD. 2. Softly, peacefully, Lay her to rest ; Place the turf lightly, On her young breast. n. E. GOODMAN.... | |
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We watch'd her breathing thro' 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. Our very... 
