 | 1857 - 1824 страници
...is no Sock, however watch'd and tended, But one dead lamb is there 1 There is no fireside, howe'er defended, But has one vacant chair; " The air is full...Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted." When we consider this in tlioughtfulness and reverence, we shall find that, instead of its being a... | |
 | 1857 - 372 страници
...however watched 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 patient ! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial... | |
 | William G. Cambridge - 1857 - 468 страници
...and there were more flowers — flowers which were watered with tears ! 0 ! how true it is, " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead...fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! " And such is life! — the old must die, and the young may. It seems meet that the aged should be... | |
 | John William Marsh - 1857 - 444 страници
...the heads with chain " (Signed) WH MOHSHEAD, Captain. " Rear-Admiral Moresby, CB" CHAPTER XIII. 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... | |
 | William Henry R. Jones - 1857 - 284 страници
...at half-past eight, on the same evening, he was seized with a fit, and immediately expired. ' There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead...fire-side, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair.' ' It was a solemn season. Our child appeared to have taken possession of the lonely grave as the representative... | |
 | Sarah White Taber - 1857 - 78 страници
...memory. " Resignation " seems now to belong to her. Did she feel, as she so beautifully repeated, " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead...fireside howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! " Did she feel that ere long that vacant chair would be found by their own fireside ? We cannot tell... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1858 - 336 страници
...bird, skip from bough to bough, from one fragment of some one else's genius to another. Yes, " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead...Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted ! * Stones of Venice. f Whittier. Let us be patient I these severe afflictions Not from the ground... | |
 | Walter Aimwell - 1858 - 282 страници
...vital powers gradually sinking, in their fearful struggle with death. JACOB ABBOTT. 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... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 644 страници
...flight, The welcome, the thrice-prayed for, the most fair. The best-beloved Night! RESIGNATION. THERE is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead...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... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1858 - 328 страници
...bird, skip from bough to bough, from one fragment of some one else's genius to another. Yes, " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead...the dying And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Bachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted ! Let ui be patient ! these severe afflictions... | |
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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... 
