 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...  Lyrical gleanings from various authors - Page 41by Lyrical gleanings - 1864 - 128 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1851 - 448 pages
...SIGN AT I OH. (Ry Longfellow.) T. 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! ir. The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead, The heart of Rachel, for... | |
 | Samuel Irenæus Prime - Children - 1852 - 172 pages
...me." MARIA LOWELL. llrstjjn.ittmi. THERE is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended,...dark disguise. We see but dimly through the mists and vapors ; Amid these earthly damps What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers May be heaven's distant... | |
 | J. B. Syme - Death - 1852 - 196 pages
...persons. RESIGNATION. BT HW LONOrELLOW. THERB is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended,...celestial benedictions • Assume this dark disguise. THE MOURNER'S FRIEND. We see but dimly through the mists and vapors ; Amid these earthly damps •... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 580 pages
...color from her cheek 1 RESIGNATION. There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended,...for her children crying, Will not be comforted ! Let ns be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions... | |
 | Mary Ann Kelty - English essays - 1852 - 314 pages
...lower down, the mother's death. " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended,...Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted ! " * Here is a narrative of shipwreck or of railway destruction, sweeping away human life as if it... | |
 | Durham city, sch - 1852 - 486 pages
...watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But hae one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to...Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted ! 21 IDEM GILECE KEDDITUM. ovv катауюСо"' wSt тао(\.фо1> Oavcîv SovAu) уАшочг*... | |
 | Mary Ann Kelty - English essays - 1852 - 320 pages
...watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But lias one vacant chair ! " The air is full of farewells...dead; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, AVill not be comforted ! " * Here is a narrative of shipwreck or of railway destruction, sweeping away... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1852 - 256 pages
...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... | |
 | Religion - 1852 - 784 pages
...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...celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise." And then the last verse : does not its truthful power touch every heart ? — ' We will be patient,... | |
 | George Wilson - Anatomists - 1852 - 336 pages
...apprehension or horror than it did that day. It was difficult to realize that then as at all times — " The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ;" and that the earth is green above, only because it has graves below. A bright, warm flush was over... | |
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