 THERE is no flock, however watched and tended But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Rachel, for her children...  The Gift Book of Gems - Sida 221856 - 312 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 344 sidor
...bleak, As they beat at the heart of the mother, Drive the colour from her cheek ? RESIGNATION. There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead...benedictions Assume this dark disguise. We see but dimly through the mists and vapours Amid these earthly damps, What seem to ns but sad funereal tapers, May... | |
 | J. B. Syme - 1852 - 196 sidor
...supported orphans, of rejoicing, and comforted, and thankful persons. RESIGNATION. BT HW LONOrELLOW. THERB is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead...celestial benedictions • Assume this dark disguise. THE MOURNER'S FRIEND. We see but dimly through the mists and vapors ; Amid these earthly damps •... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 580 sidor
...bleak, As they beat at the heart of the mother, Drive the color from her cheek 1 RESIGNATION. There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead...for her children crying, Will not be comforted ! Let ns be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions... | |
 | Mary Ann Kelty - 1852 - 314 sidor
...complied with." Here is recorded an untimely birth;—and a little lower down, the mother's death. " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead...Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted ! " * Here is a narrative of shipwreck or of railway destruction, sweeping away human life as if it... | |
 | Barbarina Charlotte Grey (hon. lady.) - 1852 - 332 sidor
...steps were heard in the passage. The door was thrown open, and Mr. Marshall announced. CHAPTER XI. Let us be patient, these severe afflictions Not from...benedictions Assume this dark disguise. We see but dimly through the mists and vapours, Amid these earthly damps, What seem to us but sad funereal tapers, May... | |
 | 1852 - 340 sidor
...afflictions of the righteous -. but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. — PSALMS xxxiv. 19. THERE is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead...fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair. Let us be patient ; these severe afflictions, Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1852 - 256 sidor
...however watched and tended, Put one dead loml) is there ! There is no fireside, howsoc'cr defended, I?ut has one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells...the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Kachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted. Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions... | |
 | Mary Ann Kelty - 1852 - 320 sidor
...with." Here is recorded an untimely birth ; — and a little lower down, the mother's death. " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead...there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But lias one vacant chair ! " The air is full of farewells to the dying. And mournings for the dead; The... | |
 | Durham city, sch - 1852 - 486 sidor
...fear, thy justice will take hold On me, and you, and mine, and yours, for this RESIGNATION. TÍTERE is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead...there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But hae one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The... | |
 | Samuel Irenæus Prime - 1852 - 168 sidor
...has not come which follows the death of a child. It is almost literally true — " There is no floct, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ; There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But haa one vacant chair." The child is dead. Our child is dead. Let us now go to the book of God, and... | |
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