| Jabez Burns - 1850 - 240 страници
...however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, Bat has one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells...Rachel for her children crying Will not be comforted ! Let us be patient! these severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions... | |
| 1850 - 632 страници
...however watch'd and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings...Rachel for her children crying Will not be comforted. Let us be patiect ! these severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions... | |
| 1850 - 310 страници
...universality of the affliction she had suffered. I quoted the exquisite lines of Longfellow : — " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead...fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair." This seemed not to afford her any relief ; for what alleviation was it to her, that others suffered... | |
| Frederick Walpole - 1851 - 426 страници
...beauty I 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...Rachel for her children crying, Will not be comforted." Their news was told, how, save one loss, all was well ; the worms spun merrily, the plough throws cheerily,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 страници
...without that burned, The thoughts that burned and glowed within. BY THE FIRESIDE. RESIGNATION. THERE is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead...Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted ! Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 страници
...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...Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted! Let us be patient! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions... | |
| Frederick Walpole - 1851 - 432 страници
...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...the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Kachel for her children crying, Will not be comforted." Their news was told, how, save one loss, all... | |
| Meta Lander - 1861 - 354 страници
...of everlasting joy and gladness, when we are permitted to rejoin them in the home of the blessed." There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has...Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted ! Let us be patient ! these severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial... | |
| Frederick WALPOLE (Hon.) - 1851 - 478 страници
...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...Rachel for her children crying, Will not be comforted." Their news was told, how, save one loss, all was well ; the worms spun merrily, the plough throws cheerily,... | |
| Heavenly thoughts - 1851 - 318 страници
...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 one dead...fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! Let us take comfort ! these severe afflictions Not from the ground arise ; But oftentimes celestial... | |
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