Dreaming in soft summer night so mysterious, Watching the waves as they dash from the bows; Prattle becoming first sober, then serious, Laughter soon softened to tremulous vows.
She too has sung inspiring songs, And told entrancing tales; Has softened and has swayed the mind Where bolder genius fails.
Glimpse of even's glory getting As the summer sun serene, In hissoftened splendour setting, Gilds the spires of Ste.
Phares, the youngest brother, consented to receive a New Testament, and was evidently affected and softened by the interview.
Still to new scenes my wandering Muse retires, And the dumb show of breathing rocks admires; Where the smooth chisel all its force has shown, And softened into flesh the rugged stone.
Diana's shape and habit straight he took, Softened his brows, and smoothed his awful look, And mildly in a female accent spoke.
First let the sprightly violin The joyful melody begin, And none of all her strings be mute; While the sharp sound and shriller lay 10 In sweet harmonious notes decay, Softened and mellowed by the flute.
The eyes roll unsteadily, and their dark and penetrating look is in no wise softened by the brown colouring of the scela.
Perhaps there was a smile on His face, as surely there was love in His voice, that softened the rebuke and went to Peter's heart.
Rebuke' must not be softened down into anything less vehement or more respectful.
But, besides this special application to the case in hand, that great saying of our Lord's carries the blessed truth that, since He has come, death is softened into sleep for all who love Him.
Her body softened and weakened a dozen times as she thought she heard his step, then her muscles stiffened and her hands clenched as the step passed by.
Cassie had had a sad life; her heart was only a little softened as yet by her happiness.
Dane's lips set tight as he watched her, then suddenly his face softened again.
Maxwell felt strangely softened toward her, for it seemed that some influence born of the glamour of the night was at work upon his will.
Though her mouth was bold, her eyes were soft and womanly, and she looked up into the face of the clergyman with a gentle, tamed, beseeching gaze, which softened and won his heart at once.
But the conversation about Carry Brattle had so softened their hearts to each other, that Mr. Fenwick found it impossible to be severe.
What, if he should discover some great iniquity;--would she not then in her gratitude be softened towards him?
Don't think of it now, my pet," said Fanny, softenedalmost as her mother was softened by the sight of her sister.
But Fanny had softened her, and encouraged her, bidding her wait still again, explaining the sorrow that weighed upon their father's heart as well as she could without saying a single cruel word as to Carry's past life.
As the horses mounted the rise, Sam called in a softened voice: "Sambo!
Her simplicity surprised and suddenlysoftened him.
That is a feeling," she replied, evidently softened by the tender spirit of his words, "of which you are a better judge than I can be.
All that I may suffer will be, and already is softenedin the consciousness that you love me.
The boy was fast asleep; but there was that about him which softened the weary sharpness of his father's manner, and caused him to desire Ethel to look from the window whence she could see whether the lights were out in Dr.
Obstinacy had softened into constancy, pride into resolution, generosity made pardon less difficult, and elevation of temper bore him through many a humiliation that, through him, bitterly galled his brother.
The cocoons of the Chinese silkworm are soaked in hot water or softened by steam before the thread can be unwound.
From sheds new-roofed with Carrara Came Chanticleer's muffled crow The stiff rails were softenedto swan's-down And still fluttered down the snow.
Valentin, its possessor, is a Faust of the boulevards; but our prejudices are softened by the circumstance that the peau de chagrin has a false air of scientific authenticity.
The woman's facesoftened now, and a couple of tears stole down her cheeks.
Add one half quantity finely minced ham or chicken, moisten with one tablespoon of butter softened and seasoned with salt, pepper and mustard.
When softened put into a sauce pan with a cupful of strained tomato, a quarter cupful cold water, a teaspoonful of salt, the same amount of onion juice, a tablespoonful of tarragon vinegar, and a quarter teaspoonful of white pepper.
Strain, heat to the boiling point and pour over one half box of gelatin which has been softenedin half a teacup of cold water.
A sort of shambling powerfulness formed the main suggestion of face and figure, softened strangely by the mysterious expression of the eyes, and by the singular delicacy of the skin.
There is nothing that pleases me better than some scene, some act, where the smile catches the tears in the eyes; where the eyes are almost surprised by the smile, and the smile touched and softened by the tears.
Despotisms were softened by parliaments, by congresses--but at last the world is beginning to say: "The right to govern rests upon the consent of the governed.
This is an insipid and inodorous substance, having somewhat the appearance of fine white threads adhering together; it is the essential constituent of muscles or flesh, in which it is mixed with and softened by gelatine.
Six years before she would have raged to his face, but time had softened her in this respect.
Her muscles would have to be softened by some form of manipulation.
It was in such a softened mood that she sat alone in church one Sunday afternoon at vespers.
The sides of these barren masses, seamed by the action of water in remote geologic ages, and never softened or smoothed by the gentle attrition of rain, were infinitely more wild and jagged in their details than ruins.
He held the letter in the steam, softened the wafer to a pulp, opened the envelope carefully, threw himself on a sofa, scowled at the beating of his heart, and began to read.
They had naturally not had a very excellent opinion of Miss MacDowlas in the past days; but the fact that Dolly had managed to so win upon her as to bring out her best side, quite softened their hearts.
Unstrung as she was, her reproach burst forth from her without a softened touch.
And Dolly had in the end begun to see how her long-fixed opinion had softened and changed.
And there was such a softened tenderness in her thin, unpromising face, that from thenceforward Griffith's doubts were removed and his opinion altered, as hers had done.
