 | 1850 - 638 pages
...light tone and low, Yet barbed with pain and woe ; Now might it only perish there, Nor further go ! Ah me ! a quick and eager ear Caught up the little meaning sound ! Another voice has breathed it clear, And so it wanders round, From ear to lip — from lip to ear — Until it reached... | |
 | 1845 - 792 pages
...and low, Yet barbed with shame and woe:— Now, might, it only perish, there ! Nor I'.IM In-i- go. Ah, me ! a quick and eager ear, Caught up the little meaning sound! Another voice has breathed it clear, And 90 it wanders round, From ear to lip — from lip to ear — Until it reached... | |
 | Henry Clapp - 1846 - 238 pages
...light tone and low, Yet barbed with shame and woe ; Now might it only perish there ! Nor farther go. Ah me ! a quick and eager ear Caught up the little meaning sound ! Another voice has breathed it clear, And so it wanders round, Prom ear to lip — from lip to ear — Until it reached... | |
 | Caroline May - 1848 - 556 pages
...tone and low, Yet barb'd with shame and woe; Now, might it only perish there! 384 FRANCES S. OSGOOD. Ah me! a quick and eager ear Caught up the little meaning sound ! Another voice has breathed it clear, And so it wanders round, From ear to lip — from lip to ear, Until it reach'da... | |
 | Caroline May - 1848 - 624 pages
...soft light tone and low, Yet barb'd with shame and woe; Now, might it only perish there! t Ah roe! a quick and eager ear Caught up the little meaning sound! Another voice has breathed it clear, And so it wanders round, From ear to lip—from lip to ear, Until it reach'da... | |
 | Frances Sargent Osgood - 1850 - 548 pages
...tone, and low, Yet barb'd with shame and woe. Ah ! might it only perish there, Nor farther go! But no! a quick and eager ear Caught up the little, meaning sound; Another voice has breathed it clear; And so it wander'd round From ear to lip, from lip to ear, Until it reached... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1853 - 450 pages
...farther go! But no! a quick and eager ear Caught up the little, meaning sound— Another voice has breathed it clear— And so it wandered round From ear to lip, from lip to ear, Until it reached a genile heart That throbbed from all the world apart, And that—it broke! It was the only heart it... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1856 - 388 pages
...light tone, and low, Yet barbed With shame and woe — Now, might it only perish there, Nor further go! Ah, me ! a quick and eager ear, Caught up the little meaning sound ! Another voice has breathed it clear, And 80 it wander'd round From ear to lip — from lip to ear, Until it reached... | |
 | Warren Chase - 1857 - 318 pages
...light tone, and low, Yet barbed with shame and woe ; Now might it only perish there, Nor further go ! " Ah, me ! a quick and eager ear Caught up the little meaning sound ! Another voice has breathed it clear, And so it wanders round From ear to lip, from lip to ear, Until it reached a... | |
 | 1857 - 904 pages
...tone, and low, Yet barbed with shame and woe ; Ah ! might it only perish there, No further go. Bnt no 1 a quick and eager ear Caught up the little meaning sound ; Another voice has breathed it clear. And so it wandered round From ear to lip, from lip to ear, Until it reached... | |
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But no! a quick and eager ear Caught up the little, meaning sound; Another voice has breathed it clear; And so it wandered round From ear to lip, from lip to ear, Until it reached a gentle heart That throbbed from all the world apart And that— it broke! 
