 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 Native Poets of Maine - Страница 22по S. Herbert Lancey - 1854 - 312 странициПълен достъп - Информация за книгата
 | John Cumming - 1854 - 388 страници
...peaceable fruits of righteousness ; and therefore he can sing what the poet felt and well expressed, " These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise,...benedictions Assume this dark disguise. " We see but dimly through the mists and vapors, Amid these earthly damps ; What seems to us but sad funereal tapers May... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1854 - 432 страници
...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... | |
 | 1873 - 768 страници
...tended, But one dead lamb is there! There la no 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 Rachacl for her children crying Will not »e comforted! Let us be patient! these severe afflictions... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Taylor - 1854 - 304 страници
...the children we laid them down — accepted candidates for the Kingdom of Heaven. ' There is no fold, ho-wever watched and tended, But one dead lamb is...there ; There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But hath one vacant chair.' Here in the comer — the poet's comer, (why is he always set in the corner,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Taylor - 1854 - 296 страници
...the children we laid them down—accepted candidates for the Kingdom of Heaven. * There is no fold, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ; There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But hath one vacant chair.' Here in the corner—the poet's corner, (why is he always set in the corner,... | |
 | 1888 - 862 страници
...as true ; general experience as Longfellow's poem : "There is no flock, however watched and tendcJ. But one dead lamb is there! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair." But while the poet preaches resignation, tis painter makes us realise the tender possibilit-'of parental... | |
 | Benjamin Richings - 1854 - 326 страници
...ha^t given That prayer from earth shall enter he.iven I R. VS. KYLS. BEREAVEMENT SANCTIFIED. THERE is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ; There is no tire-side, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair. The air is full of farewells to the dying,... | |
 | John Cumming - 1854 - 342 страници
...— the healthiest on earth — that is not penetrated by many a pang. " There is no flock, however tended, But one dead lamb is there ; 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... | |
 | South American missionary society - 1863 - 318 страници
...involuntarily muttered to myself some lines of Longfellow's, only to find they had lost their significance : 1 Let us be patient ; these 'severe afflictions Not from the ground arise ; For oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this -dark disguise.' " But to return to El Carmen.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 264 страници
...without that burned. The thoughts that burned and glowed within. BY THE FlRESlDE. 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 us but sad, funereal tapers,... | |
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