...her leader, who was with her when her spirit almost imperceptibly took its flight. " Sometimes our hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied—-...— when she slept ; And sleeping — when she died. Her end was peace." In compliance with her request, the scholars, after attending morning service on...

...could say was, "Good night, Mary, and may God bless you." Mary Barton. CHAPTER III. "But \vhen tlie morn came dim and sad, And chill with early showers,...eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours." Hoon. IN the middle of that same night a neighbour of the Bartons was roused from her sound, well-earned...

...silently we seem'd to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our...sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids clos'd — she had Another morn than ours. FROM THE COURSE OP TIME. 481 ROBERT POLLOK. (1799—1827.j...

...had lent her half our powers To eke her being out Our very hope belied our fears ; Our fears our hope belied ; We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping -when she died. But when the morn came dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed ; — slje...

...at my side ; And mournful sounds are in the wind, Unheard before ye died. PETER KIER. THE DEATH-BED. WE watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing...eyelids closed ; — she had Another morn than ours. T. HOOD. THE ALMOND TREE. BEHOLD yon light and blooming sprays That grace Spring's early scene ! That...

...blest." KUBLE. " We watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her heart the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently...dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. Her quiet eyelids closed, — she had Another morn than ours." THOMAS HOOD. TILL the last, Carrie retained...

...while before entreated us " for her sake to control our feelings." " We watched her breathing thro" the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast...eyelids closed: — she had Another morn than ours." LETTEE XL " The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord." " Affliction...

...JAMES ALDRICH. WE watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her heart the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently...eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours. THOMAS HOOD. a JHimstrriiia MOTHER, has the dove that nestled Lovingly upon thy breast Folded up his...

...DEATH-BED. BT THOMAS HOOD. WE watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As on her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro....dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet ey elids closed ; — she had Another morn than ours. 11 ', 122 THE MOURNER'S FRIEND. A MOTHER'S TEARS....

...ones pain and sorrow, God " giveth his beloved sleep." 26 THE DEATH BED. THE DEATH BED. THOMAS HOOD. WE watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing...eyelids closed ; — she had Another morn than ours. " We spend our years as a tale that is told. The days of our years are threescore years and ten ; and...