 | 1854 - 268 pàgines
...Thy touch shall turn all bright again. RESIGNATION. By LONGFELLOW. THERE is no flock, however watch'd and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is...dead ; The heart of Rachel for her children crying, Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise ; But oftentimes celestial benedictions... | |
 | Edwin Davies (D.D.) - 1854 - 154 pàgines
...mournful and true are the following touching lines of Longfellow : — "There is no flock, however watch'd and tended, But one dead lamb is there! There is no...the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Eachel, for her children crving, Will not be comforted!" When death breaks into our homes, like a true... | |
 | Samuel Irenæus Prime - 1854 - 168 pàgines
...which the sorrow has not come which follows the death of a child. It is almost literally true — " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair." ^ The child is dead. Our child is dead. Let us now go to the book of God, and learn its lessons in the time... | |
 | Julia Addison - 1854 - 204 pàgines
...you joy of your prospects. And now, good bye, for I have other places to call at." CHAPTER XVII. " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...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... | |
 | 1856 - 678 pàgines
...to heaven my growth may tend, From whence those blessed dews descend. Whytehead. RESIGNATION. THRBE is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead...fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! Tlie air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Rachel, for... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 pàgines
...at the heart of the mother, Drive the colour fron her cheek! RESIGNATION. THERE is no flock,ho wever watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there! There...howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair! The air is füll of farewells to the dying And mournings for the dead; The heart of Kachel, for her children ciying,... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1854 - 432 pàgines
...RESIGNATION. (Written on the death of an infant daughter.) By LONGFELLOW. THERE is no flock, however watch'd and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is...fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair I The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Rachael, for... | |
 | John Cumming - 1854 - 342 pàgines
...There is no fireside, howsoe'er defende d, But hath one vacant chair. " The air is full of farewells of the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart...Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted." And what does this prove but that sin hatlt entered, and death by sin? In that day, when holiness shall... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - 580 pàgines
...night-wind wild and 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...heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not he comforted ! Let us be patient! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes... | |
 | Benjamin Richings - 1855 - 338 pàgines
...which Thou hast given, That prayer from earth shall enter heaven ! RW KYLE. BEREAVEMENT SANCTIFIED. THERE is no flock, however watched and tended, But...chair. The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mourners for the dead ; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted. Let us... | |
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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... 
