 | Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1814 - 640 pages
...grief, and reconcile us to her loss. Let us emulate her example, that we may rejoin her, when " Heaven lifts its everlasting portals high, And bids the pure in heart behold their God." The following obituary notice is supposed to have been written by John Randolph, esquire, of... | |
 | Select collection - Epitaphs - 1806 - 262 pages
...lave. ^Tell them, tho' 'tis an awful thing to die, ("twas ev'n to thee) yet the dread path once trod, Heav'n lifts its everlasting portals high, And bids " the pure in heart behold their God." Dr. Messenger lUonsei/ was born 1 693, at a Village in Norfolk edvcatid iit Cambridge ; .studied... | |
 | 1809 - 592 pages
...its approach without terror, supported by the conviction, that -" the dread path once trod. Heaven lifts its everlasting portals high, And bids the pure in heart behold their God." Such was the conduct through life of this amiable woman, who livetl beloved, and died lamented... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1811 - 750 pages
...• 'Tell them, tho' 'tis an awful thing to die ('Twasev'ato thee); yet, the dread path once trod, Heav'n lifts its everlasting portals -high. And bids ' the pure in heart behold their God." Tnc ESOI.UR GASHES*.. After an Invocation to " Simplicity,1' and the " Sister Powers" of Poetry... | |
 | William Mason - Church music - 1811 - 530 pages
...love. Tell them, though 'tis an awful thing to die, ('Twas ev'n to thee) yet the dread path once trod, Heav'n lifts its everlasting portals high, And bids " the pure in heart behold their GOD." EPITAPH II. ON MISS DRUMMOND, IN THE CHURCH OF BRODSWORTH, YORKSHIRE. sleeps what once was Beauty,... | |
 | William Mason - Gardens - 1811 - 524 pages
...love. Tell them, though 'tis an awful thing to die, ('Twas ev'n to thee) yet the dread path once trod, Heav'n lifts its everlasting portals high, And bids " the pure in heart behold their GOD." EPITAPH II. ON MISS DRUMMOND, IIC THE CHURCH OF BRODSWORTH, YORKSHIRE. H.KRE sleeps what once... | |
 | Women - 1811 - 386 pages
...them, though 'tis an awful thing to die, ('Twas ev'n to thee) yet the dread path once trod, Heaven lifts its everlasting portals high, And bids "the pure in heart behold their God." EPITAPH BY LORD PALMERSTONE, ON THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE. WHOE'ER like me, with trembling anguish... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1811 - 768 pages
...love : Tell them, tho' 'tis an awful thing to die ('Twasev'nto thee);yet, the dre»d paft once trod, Heav'n lifts. its everlasting portals high, And bids '• the pure in heart behoM their God." THE ENGLISH GARDES*. After an Invocation to " Simplicity," and the " Sistfer Powers"... | |
 | John Feltham - 1813 - 368 pages
...: Tell them, tho' 'tis an awful thing to die, ('Twas even to thee !) yet the dread path once trod, Heav'n lifts its everlasting portals high, And bids the pure in heart behold their God. Close to the east side of this cathedral was born, in U58,that lovely but unfortunate daughter... | |
 | Abner Alden - English language - 1814 - 222 pages
...them, though 'tis an awful thing to die, I ('Twas e'en to thee) yet the dread path once trod, Heaven lifts its everlasting portals high, And bids " the pure in heart behold their God." MASON. LESSON LIV. ODE TO PEACE. COME, peace of mind, delightful guest ! Return, and make thy... | |
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... have power to charm. Bid them be chaste, be innocent, like thee ; Bid them in Duty's sphere as meekly move ; And if so fair, from vanity as free ; As firm in friendship, and as fond in love. Tell them, though 'tis an awful thing to die, ('Twas e'en... 
