 Alas — how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love ! Hearts that the world in vain had tried, And sorrow but more closely tied ; That stood the storm, when waves were rough, Yet in a sunny hour fall off, Like ships, that have gone...  The Heiress of Vernon Hall. An Autobiography - Side 90af Vernon Hall - 1858 - 394 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Mrs. Ross, Author of The balance of comfort - 1819 - 270 sider
...fall off, Like ships, that have gone down at sea, When heaven was all tranquillity ! A something as light as air— a look, A word unkind or wrongly taken...never shook, A breath, a touch like this hath shaken. ' • »• I • •' I m To Miss Argyle. tl MADAM, .'...,.'•• . ^,;««T" " I DO not apologise... | |
 | 1839 - 602 sider
...COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON. " A something light as air — a look, A word unkind or wrongly taken— Ob '. love that tempests never shook, A breath, a touch like this hath shaken. And ruder words will SOOD rush in, To spread the breach that words begin: And eyes forget the gentle rar They wore in courtship's... | |
 | Thomas Moore - 1825 - 326 sider
...waves were rough, Yet in a sunny hour fall off, Like ships that have gone down at sea, When heav'n was all tranquillity ! A something, light as air—...tempests never shook, A breath, a touch like this hath shakenAnd ruder words will soon rush in ' To spread the breach that words begin ; And eyes forget the... | |
 | Miss Jones - 1832 - 206 sider
...vain had tried, Aad sorrow but more closely tied, — That stood the storm when waves were rough,Yet in a sunny hour fall off — Like ships that have...never shook, A breath, a touch like this hath shaken. — MOORE. MR. LANuHAM had removed early to London on Jean-~ fle'tte's account. To her, all places... | |
 | 1841 - 586 sider
...was all tranquillity ! A something light as air — a look — A word unkind or wrongly take» — O love ! that tempests never shook, A breath, a touch like this, hath shaken. — MOORE. A word is ringing through my brain, It was not meant to give me pain ; It had no tone to... | |
 | 1845 - 614 sider
...in a sunny hour fall off, Like ships that have gone down at sea When heaven was all tranquillity I the poor exiles, every pleasure 1» spread the breach that words begin; And eyes forget the gentle ray They wore in courtship's smiling... | |
 | Frances Sargent Osgood - 1848 - 308 sider
...how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love ! Hearts that the world in vain has tried, And sorrow but more closely tied ; That stood...never shook, A breath, a touch, like this hath shaken. MOOSE. The last link is broken, That bound me to thee; — The words thou hast spoken Have rendered... | |
 | Samuel Dunn - 1852 - 1074 sider
...a look. A word unkind, or wrongly taken, — Oh, love ! that tempests never shook, A word, a breath like this, hath shaken ! And ruder words will soon rush in To spread the breach which words begin ; Till fast declining, one by one, The sweetnesses of life are gone." An hour is... | |
 | Alexander Melville Bell - 1849 - 356 sider
...tranquillity 1 I3 A something light as air— \ a look \ A word | unkind— or wrongly taken ; *0h 1 love, [that tempests never shook, | A breath, a touch like this, hath shaken. Again the hardy Britons rushed [like lions [to the fight. The Assyrian came down [like the wolf on... | |
 | Pierce Egan - 1851 - 624 sider
...repress the violent beatings of his heart, took his way to Halbert Evesham's cottage. CHAPTER XIX. " A something, light as air— a look, A word unkind...shook, . A breath, a touch like this hath shaken." T. MOOBE. " he was alone, And pale, and pacing to and fro ; anon He sate him down, * * * • * * *... | |
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