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... Florilegium latinum: Victorian poets - Página 124editado por - 1902Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1855 - 878 páginas
...entered into rest in the seventieth year of his age. Hiss BANKS. " There is no flock, however watcbttd and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howpoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! " Sarah Jane Banks was the eldest daughter of Mr. and... | |
| 1856 - 352 páginas
...whose unsteady floor, that sways and bends, Under our thoughts above the dark abyss. RESIGNATION. THBRE is no flock however watched and tended, But one dead...for the dead ; The heart of Rachel for her children crying, Will not be comforted ! Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise,... | |
| John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 páginas
...who lie Steeped to the lips in misery, Longing, and yet afraid to die, Patient, though sorely tried ! Resignation. There is no flock, however watched and...farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead. 77(6 Golden Legend. Time has laid his hand Upon my heart, gently, not smiting it, But as a harper lays... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1856 - 432 páginas
...burned, The thoughts that burned aud glowed within. BY THE FIRESIDE. I/./' RESIGNATION . THERE is uo flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb...farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The hcai't of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted ! Let us be patient ! These severe... | |
| George W. Henry - 1856 - 486 páginas
...and night on the shores of Sodom's sea, exclaims, " Remember Lot's wife." CHAPTER XVI. C0niinat&. " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair." Abraham and Lot are both widowers. How the latter became so, we have already learned. What desolation... | |
| United States. Congress - 1953 - 118 páginas
...Nation has lost a great public servant, and we have lost a very dear friend. Mr. NEELY. Mr. President There Is no flock, however watched and tended, But...for the dead; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying. Will not be comforted. Soon after the adjournment of the last session of the 82d Congress,... | |
| United States. Congress - 1953 - 116 páginas
...Nation has lost a great public servant, and we have lost a very dear friend. Mr. NEELY. Mr. President There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...for the dead; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted. Soon after the adjournment of the last session of the 82d Congress,... | |
| London metrop. tabernacle - 1881 - 654 páginas
...SHADOW. Claiming a poet's licence, Longfellow has sung with all the pathos of a plaintive minor — '' There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair." The hyperbole comes so near to the expression of literal fact, that we do not care to challenge its strict... | |
| 1881 - 1148 páginas
...relative. The burial ground is looked upon as a sad, lonely place. In the graveyard silent death reigns. " There is no flock however watched and tended, But...dead lamb is there; There is no fireside, howsoe'er defend, But has one vacant chair."- — LONGFELLOW Farnsworth cemetery is on Benj. J. Farnsworth's... | |
| Church missionary society - 636 páginas
...in persuading them to follow his example, and give themselves to the Lord. RESIGNATION. 'I'u KM !,. is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead...for the dead : The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted. Let us be patient : these severe afflictions, Not from the ground arise... | |
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