 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
 | 1894 - 668 pages
...childhood are vanished and o'er. l.)r, again, of the ship sailing along ou a fine moonlight night : — Who, as he watches her silently gliding, Remembers...sever, Hearts that are parted and broken for ever 1 Or dreams that he watches afloat on the wave Tbe death-bed of hope and the young spirit's grave 1... | |
 | 1851 - 496 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...sever, Hearts that are parted and broken for ever? Or dreams that he watches, afloat on the wave, The death-bed of hope, or the young spirit's grave ? 'Tis... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 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...sever, Hearts that are parted and broken for ever? Or dreams that he watches, afloat on the wave, The death-bed of hope, or the young spirit's grave ? 'Tis... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 pages
...beauty, could deem, with a sigh, That so lovely a thing is the mansiort 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... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1855 - 440 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... | |
 | Richard Wright Procter - 1855 - 490 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 ever ? Or deems that he watches, afloat on the wave, The deathbed of... | |
 | 1856 - 754 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...Or deems that he watches, afloat on the wave, The death - bed of hope, or the young spirit's grave ! 'Tis thus with our life, while it passes along,... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - 1860 - 530 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 death-bed... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 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 death-bed of... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1862 - 344 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...guilt could not sever— Hearts that are parted, and broken—for ever? Or dreams that he watches, afloat on the wave, The death-bed of hope, or the young... | |
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