...perhaps, may never more be filled. There is much of truth in the touching words of Longfellow : "There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ; There is no fireside, howsoe'cr defended, But has one vacant chair !" " The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings...

...while I kissed him, I felt his lips grow cold. " There u no flock, however watched and tended, Bat one dead lamb is there! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair!" True, too true ; but there are few where all the chairs are vacant, save one—perhaps few in the world....

...half-suppressed sigh to the lips of those who observe it. " There u no flock, however watched and tended, Bat one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair !" True, too true ; but there are few where all the chairs are vacant, save one — perhaps few in...

...your dead child ; and the sad lines of the Poet sing in your sadder heart : — " There is no fold, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ; There is no fireside, bowsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair." It is as bright and balmy a morning in summer as ever...

...hope for time gone out, but she remains strong and joyful too ; — SHE HATH HER PETITION. There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there I — There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! — The earth is full of...

...with the other passengers, and who seemed always communing with himself, suddenly commenced: 'There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there.' He repeated only a few stanzas, but could apparently have given the whole poem, had he wished. "For...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...