Rachel Comforted: Conversations of a Mother in the Dark with Her Child in the Light |
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Page 38 - Seven are we ; And two of us at Conway dwell, And two are gone to sea. " Two of us in the churchyard lie, My sister and my brother ; And, in the churchyard cottage, Dwell near them with my mother.
Page 7 - Thus saith the Lord ; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears : for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the Lord; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. And there is hope in thine end, saith the Lord, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
Page 38 - But they are dead ; those two are dead ! Their spirits are in heaven!" 'Twas throwing words away; for still The little Maid would have her will, And said, "Nay, we are seven!
Page 39 - A SIMPLE child That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death ? I met a little cottage girl : She was eight years old she said ; Her hair was thick with many a curl That clustered round her head. She had a rustic, woodland air, And she was wildly clad ; Her eyes were fair, and very fair ; Her beauty made me glad.
Page 38 - Then did the little Maid reply, "Seven boys and girls are we; two of us in the church-yard lie, beneath the church-yard tree.
Page 136 - COULD ye come back to me, Douglas, Douglas, In the old likeness that I knew, I would be so faithful, so loving, Douglas, Douglas, Douglas, tender and true.
Page 36 - Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are not.
Page 247 - I'D a dream to-night As I fell asleep, Oh ! the touching sight Makes me still to weep : Of my little lad, Gone to leave me sad, Aye, the child I had, But was not to keep. As in heaven high, I my child did seek, There, in train, came by Children fair and meek, Each in lily white, With a lamp alight; But they did not speak.
Page 228 - A LITTLE talk with Jesus, How it smooths the rugged road ; How it seems to help me onward When I faint beneath my load.
Page 106 - When in the night I sleepless lie, My soul with heavenly thoughts supply : Let no ill dreams disturb my rest, No powers of darkness me molest. O when shall I, in endless day, For ever chase dark sleep away, And hymns, with the supernal choir Incessant sing, and never tire.