 Who — as she smiles in the silvery light, Spreading her wings on the bosom of night, Alone on the deep, as the moon in the sky, A phantom of beauty — could deem with a sigh, That so lovely a thing is the mansion of sin, And that souls that are smitten...  Chambers' Edinburgh Journal - Page 621845Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1838 - 336 pages
...And souls that are smitten lie hursting, within ! Who, as he watches her silently gliding, Rememhers that wave after wave is dividing Bosoms that sorrow...guilt could not sever, — Hearts that are parted and hroken for ever ! Or deems that he watches, afloat on the wave, The death-hed of hope, or the young... | |
 | M. S. - 1839 - 194 pages
...of beauty, could deem, with a sigh, That so lovely a thing is the mansion of sin, And souls that are smitten lie bursting within ? Who as he watches her...Bosoms that sorrow and guilt could not sever, Hearts which are parted and broken for ever ? Or deems that he watches, afloat on the wave, The death-bed... | |
 | Lyre - 1841 - 366 pages
...beauty — could deem with a sigh, That so lovely a thing is the mansion of sin, And that souls that are smitten lie bursting within ? Who — as he watches...Bosoms that sorrow and guilt could not sever, Hearts which are parted and broken for ever ! Or deems that he watches, afloat on the wave, The deathbed of... | |
 | Benjamin Dudley Emerson - 1841 - 286 pages
...beauty — could deem with a sigh, That so lovely a thing is the mansion of sin, And that souls that are smitten lie bursting within? Who — as he watches...Bosoms that sorrow and guilt could not sever, Hearts which are parted and broken forever? Or deems that he watches, afloat on the wave, The deathbed of... | |
 | Lyre - 1841 - 374 pages
...That so lovely a thing is the mansion of sin, And that souls that are smitten lie bursting within 1 Who — as he watches her silently gliding — Remembers...Bosoms that sorrow and guilt could not sever, Hearts which are parted and broken for everl Or deems that he watches, afloat on the wave, The deathbed of... | |
 | 1848 - 800 pages
...beauty— could deem, with a sigh, That so lovely a thing is the mansion of sin, Aud souls that are smitten lie bursting within? Who, as he watches her...after wave is dividing Bosoms that sorrow and guilt conld not sever, Hearts which are parted and broken for ever ? Or deems that he watches, afloat on... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1825 - 656 pages
...And souls that are smitten lie bursting within i Who— as he watches her silently glidingRemembers that wave after wave is dividing Bosoms that sorrow and guilt could not sever. Hearts which are parted and broken for ever •' Or deems that he watches, afloat on the wave, The death-bed... | |
 | Readings - 1843 - 466 pages
...beauty,—could deem, with a sigh, That so lovely a thing is the mansion of sin, And souls that are smitten lie bursting within! Who, as he watches her...could not sever, Hearts that are parted and broken for everl Or dreams that he watches, afloat on the wave, The death-bed of hope, or the young spirit's grave... | |
 | David Bates Tower - 1853 - 444 pages
...beauty, could deem, with a sigh, That Ht> lovely a thing is the mansion of sin, And that souls that are smitten lie bursting within ? — Who, as he watches...Bosoms that sorrow and guilt could not sever, Hearts which are parted and broken forever? — Or deems that he watches, afloat on the wave, The death-bed... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders, Joshua Chase Sanders - 1848 - 468 pages
...phantom of beauty, — could deem with a sigh, • That so lovely a thing is the mansion of sin, 5. Who,— -as he watches her silently gliding, — Remembers that wave after wave is dividing Bos^s that sorrow and guilt could not sever, — Hearts which are parted and broken forever? Or deems... | |
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