 Couldst thou withdraw thy hand one day And answer to my claim, That Fate, and that to-day's mistake, Not thou - had been to blame? Some soothe their conscience thus: but thou, wilt surely warn and save me now.  THE POEMS (YEAR 1881) - Seite 15von ADELAIDE A. PROCTER - 1881Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 Seiten
...Lives there within thy nature hid The demon-spirit Change, On all things new and strange ? It m;iv not be thy fault alone, — But shield my heart against thy own. Couldst thou withdraw thy hand one day And answer to my claim, That fate, and that to-day's mistake,... | |
 | 1859 - 626 Seiten
...hand Could better wake or still ? Speak now, lest at some future day my whole life wither and decay. " Lives there within thy nature hid The demon-spirit,...fault alone — but shield .my heart against thy own. " Couldst thou withdraw thy hand one day, And answer to my claim, That Fate, and that to-day's mistake,... | |
 | Adelaide Anne Procter - 1858 - 278 Seiten
...Could better wake or still ? Speak now — lest at some future day my whole life wither and decay. Lives there within thy nature hid The demon-spirit...fault alone- — but shield my heart against thy own. Couldst thou withdraw thy hand one day And answer to my claim, That Fate, and that to-day's mistake,... | |
 | Adelaide Anne Procter - 1858 - 280 Seiten
...Could better jvake or still ? Speak now — lest at some future day my whole life wither and decay. Lives there within thy nature hid The demon-spirit Change, Shedding a passing glory still Couldst thou withdraw thy hand one day And answer to my claim, That Fate, and that to-day's mistake,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1859 - 628 Seiten
...but in true mercy tell me so. " Is there within thy heart a need That mine can not fulfill? One chord that any other hand Could better wake or still ? Speak...fault alone — but shield my heart against thy own. " Oouldst thou withdraw thy hand one day, And answer to my claim, That Fate, and that to-day's mistake,... | |
 | 1861 - 144 Seiten
...hand Could better wake or still? Speak now — lest at Rome future day My whole life wither and decay. Lives there within thy nature hid The demon-spirit...fault alone — But shield my heart against thy own. Couldst thou withdraw thy hand one day And answer to my claim, Thut Fate, and that to-day's mistake... | |
 | Richard Henry Stoddard - 1865 - 562 Seiten
...hand Could better wake or still ? Speak now —lest at some future day my whole life wither and decay. Lives there within thy nature hid The demon-spirit...fault alone— but shield my heart against thy own. Couldst thou withdraw thy hand one day And answer to my claim, That Fate, and that to-day's mistake... | |
 | Adelaide Anne Procter - 1866 - 438 Seiten
...better wake or still ? Speak now — lest at some future day my whole life wither and decay. Iiives there within thy nature hid The demon-spirit Change,...fault alone — but shield my heart against thy own. Couldst thou withdraw thy hand one day Anil answer to my claim, That Fate, and that to-day'a mistake—... | |
 | 1867 - 880 Seiten
...h*nd Coul.l better wnke or still? Speak now— lest at some future day My whole life wither and decay. Lives there within thy nature hid The demon-spirit...things new and strange? It may not be thy fault alone — Bnt shield my heart against thy own. Couldst thou withdraw thy hand one day. And answer to my claim... | |
 | Elizabeth A. Thurston - 1866 - 320 Seiten
...Could better break or still? Speak now — lest at some future day my whole life wither and decay. Lives there within thy nature hid The demon-spirit...passing glory still, On all things new and strange ? Couldst thou withdraw thy hand one day, And answer to my claim, That Fate, and that to-day's mistake... | |
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