 ... 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...  The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Sida 45efter Edgar Allan Poe - 1902Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1831 - 702 sidor
...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 —... | |
 | Margaret De Courcy, Beatrice De Courcy - 1832 - 500 sidor
...Oar fears our hopes helied— We thonght her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. For when the morn came dim and sad, And chill with early...eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours. But I must desist from such reflections ; and yet I am in that plaintive mood which The Tenth of October... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 sidor
...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...quiet eyelids closed — she had Another morn than GUI'S. THE 80NQ Of THE SHIRT. WITH fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat,... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1832 - 338 sidor
...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... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1835 - 328 sidor
...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...eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours. LESSON LII. , f The Mermaid's Song. — HANNAH F. GOULD. „ COME, mariner, down in the deep with me,... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - 1835 - 476 sidor
...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 sidor
...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 sidor
...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 sidor
...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 sidor
...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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