 Infant. the sweet flower that scents the morn, But withers in the rising day ; Thus lovely was this infant's dawn, Thus swiftly fled its life away. 2 It died ere its expanding soul Had ever burnt with wrong desires, Had ever spurn'd at heaven's control,...  A World Without Souls - Page 130by John William Cunningham - 1815 - 170 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John William Cunningham - 1814 - 338 pages
...morning on the table of his study. ii . • A 't .... •, i h. \ .1 As the sweet flower which scent s the morn But withers in the rising day ; Thus lovely...my Henry's dawn, Thus swiftly fled his life away. Tor, of all the men Lever saw, he most delighted to represent God under the image .of a fattier. It... | |
 | John William Cunningham - Christian fiction, English - 1814 - 204 pages
...sternest dispensation of his life, is clear, from the following verses, which were found the next morning on the table of his study. As the sweet flower which scents the mor» But withers in the rising day ; Thus lovely was my Henry's dawi>, Thus swiftly fled his life... | |
 | John William Cunningham - 1815 - 202 pages
...been accustomed to consider as the sternest dispensation of his life, is clear, from the fol lowing verses, which were found soon -after on the table...his study. As the sweet flower which scents the morn '•i But withers in the rising day ; .. ... '»Thus lovely was my Henry's dawn, Thus swiftly fled... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1815 - 740 pages
...prematurely snatched away. (From " The Velvet Cushion," by the Kev. JW CuNNiNeuAu, Af. A. Vicar of Harrow.) AS the sweet flower, which scents the morn, But withers in the rising day ; Thuf lovely was my Henry's dawn, Thus swiftly fled his life away. Anil as Ihe flower, that early... | |
 | Bible - 1820 - 414 pages
...awful throne, Who bids the morn and evening roll. | Collyer's Coll. 406. LM On the Death of a Child. 1 As the sweet flower which scents the morn. • But withers in the rising day, Thus lovely seemed the infant's dawn ! . Thus swiftly fled his life away ! 2 Ere sin could blight, or sorrow fade,... | |
 | David Pickering - Bible - 1822 - 442 pages
...awake, "We may of endless life partake. Bp. Ken. 49. LM On the Death of a Child. 1 As the sweet flow'r, which scents the morn, But withers in the rising day, Thus lovely seem'd the infant's dawn ! Thus swiftly fled its life away ! 2 Era sin could blight, or sorrow fade,... | |
 | West Church (Boston, Mass.) - Bible - 1823 - 376 pages
...comforts sink in dust, Can give you blessings more divine. HYMN CCLXXXV. LM On the death of a child. 1 As the sweet flower which scents the morn, But withers in the rising day, Thus lovely seem'd the infant's dawn ! Thus swiftly fled its life away ! 2 Ere sin could blight, or sorrow fade,... | |
 | Bible - 1824 - 434 pages
...throne, Who bids the morn and evening roll. t Collyer's Coll. 406. LM . On the Death of a Child. 1 As the sweet flower which scents the morn, But withers in the rising day, Thus lovely seemed the infant's dawn! Thus swiftly fled his life away ! 2 Ere sin could blight, or sorrow fade,... | |
 | Episcopal Church - Hymns, English - 1827 - 140 pages
...face Shall never seek in vain. HYMNS. 75 HYMN 127. (LM) Death of an Infant. IAS the sweet flow'r that scents the morn, But withers in the rising day; Thus lovely was this infant's dawn, Thus swiftly fled its life away. 2 It died ere its expanding soul Had ever burnt... | |
 | Selina Martin - Italy - 1828 - 418 pages
...1'angiola rende." These lines too, often occur to me when thinking of her. As the sweet flower tbat scents the morn But withers in the rising day, Thus lovely was our Anny's dawn Thus swiftly fled her life away. 242 ^,.MyERSES — THE CARN1VAI. She died to sin,... | |
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