 | Heavenly thoughts - 1851 - 318 pages
...there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! Let us take comfort ! these severe afflictions Not from the ground arise ; But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume their dark disguise. We see but dimly through the mists and vapours ; — Amid these earthly damps,... | |
 | Samuel Irenæus Prime - Children - 1852 - 172 pages
...tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings...Assume this dark disguise. We see but dimly through the mists and vapors ; Amid these earthly damps What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers May be heaven's... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1852 - 344 pages
...tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying And mournings...Assume this dark disguise. We see but dimly through the mists and vapours Amid these earthly damps, What seem to ns but sad funereal tapers, May be heaven's... | |
 | J. B. Syme - Death - 1852 - 196 pages
...tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings...celestial benedictions • Assume this dark disguise. THE MOURNER'S FRIEND. We see but dimly through the mists and vapors ; Amid these earthly damps •... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 580 pages
...tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair! The air is full of farewells to the dying And mournings...for her children crying, Will not be comforted ! Let ns be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions... | |
 | Barbarina Charlotte Grey (hon. lady.) - 1852 - 332 pages
...steps were heard in the passage. The door was thrown open, and Mr. Marshall announced. CHAPTER XI. Let us be patient, these severe afflictions Not from...Assume this dark disguise. We see but dimly through the mists and vapours, Amid these earthly damps, What seem to us but sad funereal tapers, May be Heaven's... | |
 | Calendars - 1852 - 340 pages
...tended, But one dead lamb is there ; There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair. Let us be patient ; these severe afflictions, Not...this dark disguise. • We see but dimly through the mists and vapors Amid these earthly damps, What seem to us but dim, funereal tapers, May be heaven's... | |
 | Durham city, sch - 1852 - 486 pages
...tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But hae one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings...Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted ! 21 IDEM GILECE KEDDITUM. ovv катауюСо"' wSt тао(\.фо1> Oavcîv SovAu) уАшочг*... | |
 | Mary Ann Kelty - English essays - 1852 - 320 pages
...But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But lias one vacant chair ! " The air is full of farewells to the dying. And mournings...dead; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, AVill not be comforted ! " * Here is a narrative of shipwreck or of railway destruction, sweeping away... | |
 | Religion - 1852 - 784 pages
...tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howso'er defended, But has one vacant chair. Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from...celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise." And then the last verse : does not its truthful power touch every heart ? — ' We will be patient,... | |
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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 ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead... 
