 | Matthew Arnold - 1881 - 654 pages
...shone in the light, You might look for it closely in vain. The youth sate watching it, And she observed his wonder, And then again she spake, And still her...stronger than thee, Who can break this thread of mine ! ' And up she raised her bright blue eyes, And sweetly she smiled on him, And he conceived no ill... | |
 | Herman Charles Merivale - 1882 - 314 pages
...life at every turn, and was she to shape and to mould his destiny yet again, in some undivided way ? " My thread is small, my thread is fine ; But he must be a stronger than thee, Who shall break this thread of mine." In some unacknowledged, uncertain, un-understanding way Daisy Brent... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1883 - 686 pages
...shone in the light, You might look for it closely in vain. The youth sate watching it, And she observed his wonder, And then again she spake, And still her...stronger than thee, Who can break this thread of mine ! ' And up she raised her bright blue eyes, And sweetly she smiled on him, And he conceived no ill... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1883 - 734 pages
...shone in the light, You might look for it closely in vain. The youth sate watching it, And she observed his wonder, And then again she spake, And still her...stronger than thee, Who can break this thread of mine ! ' And up she raised her bright blue eyes, And sweetly she smiled on him, And he conceived no ill... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1883 - 498 pages
...shone in the light, You might look for it closely in vain. The youth sat watching it, And she observed his wonder, And then again she spake, And still her...my thread- is fine, But he must be A stronger than thec, W:ho can break this thread of mine !' And up she raised her bright blue eyes, And sweetly she... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1883 - 326 pages
...shone in the light, You might look for it closely in vain. The youth sat watching it, And she observed his wonder, And then again she spake, And still her...thy hands, I pray ! My thread is small, my thread is line, But he must be A stronger than thee, Who can break this thread of mine !" And up she raised her... | |
 | Nemo me impune (pseud.) - 1883 - 302 pages
...what she will." CHAPTER X. " 0 ! WHAT MEN DARE DO." My thread is small, my thread is fine, But she must be a stronger than thee, Who can break this thread of mine. SOUTHEY. IF it be an invariable rule that "a heavy heart bears but a humble tongue," Judith St. Aubyns'... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1884 - 654 pages
...shone in the light, You might look for it closely in vain. The youth sate watching it, And she observed his wonder, And then again she spake, And still her speech was song ; ' Now twine it round thy hands 1 say, Now twine it round thy hands I pray ; My thread is small, my thread is fine, But he must be... | |
 | Amanda M. Douglas - 1884 - 404 pages
...chance," said Miss Parker with emphasis. CHAPTER XXII. "My thread Is small, my thread is fine. But lie must be A stronger than thee Who can break this thread of mine."— SOUTHXT. IT is a dreary October day, with a drizzling, penetrating rain and a chilly east wind. There... | |
 | 1885 - 668 pages
...shone in the light, You might look for it closely in vain. The youth sat watching it, And she observed his wonder, And then again she spake, And still her...stronger than thee, Who can break this thread of mine ! " And up she raised her bright blue eyes, And sweetly she smiled on him, And he conceived no ill;... | |
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Now twine it round thy hands I say, Now twine it round thy hands I pray ! My thread is small, my thread is fine, But he must be A stronger than thee, Who can break this thread of mine... 
