 | 1856 - 1270 pages
...matters not that time's rough waves, Our names from earth efface." POETRY. RESIGNATION. HW LONGFELLOW. There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howso'er defended, But has one vacant chair. The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings... | |
 | Child rearing - 1850 - 310 pages
...universality of the affliction she had suffered. I quoted the exquisite lines of Longfellow : — " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...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... | |
 | Jabez Burns - Bereavement - 1850 - 240 pages
...not now. E2 60 CHAPTER IX. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS AS GROUNDS OF RESIGNATION, AND SUBMISSION TO GOD. RESIGNATION. There is no flock, however watched and...there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, Bat has one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ;... | |
 | American literature - 1850 - 604 pages
...Motte Fouque," will read it with increased gratification. All of them must do so with pleasure : — " RESIGNATION. " There is no flock, however watched...But one dead lamb is there ; There is no fireside, however defended, But has one vacant chair. "The air is full of farewells for the dying, And mournings... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1850 - 608 pages
...Motte Fouque," will read it with increased gratification. All of them must do so with pleasure : — " d however defended, But has one vacant chair. " The air is full of farewells for the dying, And mournings... | |
 | University magazine - 1850 - 816 pages
...gratification. All of them must do so with pleasure : — 1850.] American Literature. " RESIGNATION. " There U no flock, however watched and tended. But one dead lamb is there ; There is no fireside, however defended, But lias one vacant chair. " The air is full of farewells for the dying, And mourning«... | |
 | Christianity - 1850 - 632 pages
...then, we are sure to fall. ' RESIGNATION. ВТ HEXRT W. LONGFELLOW. THERE is no flock, 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 for the dead; The heart of Rachel for her... | |
 | Theology - 1861 - 1642 pages
..."there shall be no more death." How soothingly these words fall upon our ears, living as we do where " The air is full of farewells to the dying And mournings for the dead." As we listen to them, a door seems opened into heaven, and we look in upon the happy people from whose... | |
 | 1850 - 682 pages
...reviving light upon his grave. VESA. RESIGNATION. Tíierií U no rtoc-lc, however watched and touted, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, Bat hae one vacant chair. The air is full of farewells to the (Uinj. And mournings for the dead ; TJ»... | |
 | Frederick Walpole - Assassins (Ismailites) - 1851 - 432 pages
...darker 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...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... | |
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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... 
