 | 1831 - 702 lehte
...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 when the morn came dim and sad — And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed —... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 lehte
...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... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - 1835 - 476 lehte
...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 when the morn came dim and sad — And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed—... | |
 | Samuel Spring, Gardiner Spring - 1836 - 228 lehte
...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... | |
 | 742 lehte
...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... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - 1839 - 482 lehte
...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... | |
 | 1842 - 712 lehte
...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... | |
 | 1854 - 696 lehte
...half our powers To eke her living out Our very hopes belied our fears, Oar fears our hopes belied — We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. For when the morn came dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed — she... | |
 | Seba Smith, Lawrence Labree - 1844 - 498 lehte
...half our powers To eke her living out! Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fear our hopes belied— We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died ; For when the morn came dim and sad — And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed—... | |
 | 1846 - 602 lehte
...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 when the morn came dim and sad. And chill with enrly showers, Her quiet eyelids closed — she... | |
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... 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 hopes belied our fears, Our... 
