 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
 | James Caughey - 1868 - 492 pages
...she surges onward to her port, and a passenger here and there reminding one of Parnell's lines : " Who, as he watches her silently gliding, Remembers...sever — Hearts that are parted and broken for ever. One deems that ho watches af.oat in the wave The death-bed of hope, and the young spirit's grave !... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1868 - 328 pages
...with a sigh, That so lovely a thing is the mansion of sin, And sonls that are smitten lie bnrsting within ? Who as he watches her silently gliding, Remembers...wave after wave is dividing Bosoms that sorrow and gnilt conld not sever, — Hearts that are parted and broken for ever ? Or deems that he watches, afloat... | |
 | Warren P. Edgarton - 1868 - 522 pages
...Remembers 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 of hc-pe, or the young spirit's grave ? 'Tis thus with our life, while it passes along, Like a vessel... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1869 - 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...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? i... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1870 - 382 pages
...souls that are smitten lie bursting within'3 ? jgr^ Who, as he watches her silently gliding, llemembers that wave after wave is dividing Bosoms that sorrow and guilt could not sever'3 ? — ^ Hearts which are parted and broken forever'3 ? Or deems that he watches, alone on the... | |
 | 1871 - 476 pages
...beauty — could deem with a sigh, That so lovely a thing is a mansion of sin, And hearts that are smitten lie bursting within ? Who, as he watches her...could not sever, Hearts that are parted and broken forever ? Or deems that he watches, afloat on the wave, The death-bed of hope, or the young spirit's... | |
 | Gems - 1871 - 280 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...Bosoms that sorrow and guilt could not sever, Hearts which are parted and broken for ever ! Or dreams that he watches afloat on the wave. The death-bedof... | |
 | Child - 1871 - 328 pages
...— 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... | |
 | Angela Gillespie, Member of the Order of the Holy Cross - 1871 - 664 pages
...so lovely a thing is the mansion of sin, And that souls that are smitten, lie bursting within f 6. Who, — as he watches her silently gliding, — Remembers...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... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - 1859 - 468 pages
...lovely a thing is the mansion of sin, And souls that are smitten, lie bursting within ? fi. Who,—as he watches her silently gliding,— Remembers that...Bosoms that sorrow and guilt could not sever,— Hearts which are parted and broken forever ? Or dreams that he watches, afloat on the wave, The death-bed... | |
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