 | Benjamin Franklin Taylor - American essays - 1854 - 304 pages
...the children we laid them down — accepted candidates for the Kingdom of Heaven. ' There is no fold, ho-wever watched and tended, But one dead lamb is...there ; There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But hath one vacant chair.' Here in the comer — the poet's comer, (why is he always set in the corner,... | |
 | John Cumming - 1854 - 342 pages
...— the healthiest on earth — that is not penetrated by many a pang. " There is no flock, however tended, But one dead lamb is there ; There is no fireside, howsoe'er defende d, But hath one vacant chair. " The air is full of farewells of the dying, And mournings for... | |
 | William G. Cambridge - 1855 - 444 pages
...side ; and there were more flowers — flowers which were watered with tears ! 0 ! how true it is, " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...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... | |
 | Charles Greenwood - Sunday schools - 1855 - 440 pages
...circle which is not broken, — no parents who have not contributed to these awful, demands : — " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...there ; There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But hath one vacant chair." Yet, delightful thought, that these loved ones, which have sparkled, been exhaled,... | |
 | John Cumming - Bible - 1855 - 298 pages
...— the healthiest on earth — that is not penetrated by many a pang. " There is no flock, however tended, But one dead lamb is there ; There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But hath one vacant chair. " The air is full of farewells of the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The... | |
 | 187? - 296 pages
...Englishman. " Yes," replied De Burgh, " it is the common lot. " "There is no flock, however watch'd and tended, But one dead lamb is there ; There is no fireside, howe'er defended, But has one vacant chair.'" "How.ever," continued the old man, clearing his voice,... | |
 | Eugenia N. P. Hartwell - American poetry - 1855 - 260 pages
...and made a companion of her, as I shall never of any other." Prophetic words ! She then quotes from Longfellow : " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead Iamb is there ; There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended. But hath oue vacant chair. The air is full... | |
 | Baptists - 1855 - 878 pages
...entered into rest in the seventieth year of his age. Hiss BANKS. " There is no flock, however watcbttd and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howpoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! " Sarah Jane Banks was the eldest daughter of Mr. and... | |
 | George W. Henry - Marriage - 1856 - 486 pages
...and night on the shores of Sodom's sea, exclaims, " Remember Lot's wife." CHAPTER XVI. C0niinat&. " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair." Abraham and Lot are both widowers. How the latter became so, we have already learned. What desolation... | |
 | Education - 1856 - 594 pages
...a decent self-respect, a proper pride of character, would prompt him to shun. ONE COMES NO MORE. " THERE is no flock, however watched and tended, But...fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! " THHEE summers ago, as we passed to and from our dwelling, we used to notice two golden-haired children,... | |
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The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Rachel for her children crying Will not be comforted ! Let us be patient! 
