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... Choice Specimens of American Literature - Página 196de Benjamin Nicholas Martin - 1871 - 223 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
| 1851 - 448 páginas
...your rapid cars be driven O'er the boundless path of Heaven ! EE SIGN AT I OH. (Ry Longfellow.) T. There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair! ir. The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead, The heart of Rachel, for... | |
| Heavenly thoughts - 1851 - 318 páginas
...shall he live ; and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die." — St. John, xi. 25, 26. There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! Let us take comfort ! these severe afflictions Not from the ground arise ; But oftentimes celestial... | |
| Frederick WALPOLE (Hon.) - 1851 - 478 páginas
...darker beauty ? Alas ! so it ever is. In the beautiful words of that poet of our soul, Longfellow : " There is no flock however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there : There is no fireside, howeoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair. The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings... | |
| Frederick Walpole - 1851 - 466 páginas
...darker beauty 1 Alas I so it ever is. In the beautiful words of that poet of our soul, Longfellow : " There Is no flock however watched and tended, But one dead lamb ls there ; There 1s no fireside, how«oo'or defended, But has one vacant chair. Tho air ls full of... | |
| 1852 - 340 páginas
...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...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... | |
| Mary Ann Kelty - 1852 - 320 páginas
...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...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... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1852 - 256 páginas
...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... | |
| Durham city, sch - 1852 - 486 páginas
...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... | |
| 1852 - 784 páginas
...heart, — by heart, because it is liked and loved, — that exquisite piece beginning thus :— ' There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howso'er defended, But has one vacant chair. Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from... | |
| Samuel Irenæus Prime - 1852 - 168 páginas
...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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