 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...asleep — For their mother — may Heaven defend her! The moon seems to shine just as brightly us then. That night when the love, yet unspoken, Leaped up to his lips — when lowluurimirod vows Wore pledged to he ever unbroken. Then drawing his sleeve roughly over his eyes,... | |
 | John Henry Hayward - 1863 - 410 pages
...dark and grim, Grows gentle with memories tender, As he mutters a prayer for the children asleep— The moon seems to shine just as brightly as then....night when the love yet unspoken Leaped up to his lips—when low murmured vows "Were pledged to be never unbroken. Then drawing his sleeve roughly over... | |
 | William Wyndham Malet - 1863 - 332 pages
...prayer for the children asleep — For their mother — may Heaven defend her ! The moon seems to shine as brightly as then, That night when the love yet unspoken Leaped up to his lips, and when low murmured vows Were pledged, to be ever unbroken ; Then drawing his sleeve roughly over... | |
 | 1864 - 356 pages
...tender, As he mutters a prayer for the children asleep, — For their mother, — may Heaven defend her ! The moon seems to shine just as brightly as then,...love yet unspoken Leaped up to his lips, — when low, murmured vows Were pledged to be ever unbroken. Then drawing his sleeve roughly over his eyes,... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1864 - 364 pages
...tender, As he mutters a prayer for the children asleep, — For their mother, — may Heaven defend her ! The moon seems to shine just as brightly as then,...love yet unspoken > Leaped up to his lips, — when low, murmured vows Were pledged to be ever unbroken. Then drawing his sleeve roughly over his eyes,... | |
 | John Henry Hayward - 1864 - 418 pages
...tender, As he mutters a prayer for the children asleep — For their mother — may Heaven defend her ! The moon seems to shine just as brightly as then,...love yet unspoken Leaped up to" his lips — when low murmured vows Were pledged to be never unbroken. Then drawing his sleeve roughly over hia eyes,... | |
 | Frank Moore - 1864 - 354 pages
...tender, As he mutters a prayer for the children asleep, — For their mother, — may Heaven defend her! The moon seems to shine just as brightly as then, That night, when the love yet unspoken Then drawing his sleeve roughly over his eyes, He dashes off tears that are welling, And gathers his... | |
 | A.A. Griffith - 1865 - 260 pages
...tender, As he mutters a prayer for the children asleep, For their mother — may Heaven defend her! The moon seems to shine just as brightly as then That...the love yet unspoken Leaped up to his lips — when low murmured vows Were pledged to be ever unbroken. Then drawing his sleeves roughly over his eyes... | |
 | Elizabeth Collins - 1865 - 132 pages
...prayer for the children asleep — For their mother, may Heaven defend her ! The moon seems to shine as brightly as then, That night when the love yet unspoken Leaped up to his lips, and when low murmured vows Were pledged, to be ever unbroken ; Then drawing his sleeve roughly over... | |
 | Richard Grant White - 1866 - 368 pages
...tender, As he mutters a prayer for the children asleep, — For their mother, — may Heaven defend her ! The moon seems to shine just as brightly as then,...love yet unspoken Leaped up to his lips, — when low, murmured vows Were pledged to be ever unbroken. Then drawing his sleeve roughly over his eyes,... | |
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His musket falls slack — his face, dark and grim, Grows gentle with memories tender, As he mutters a prayer for the children asleep — For their mother — may Heaven defend her ! The moon seems to shine just as brightly as then. 
