 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
 | Hymns, English - 1837 - 548 pages
...thou chasten with thy rod, That staff shall never fail. &OW* LM ANONYMOUS. Ore 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,... | |
 | Bible - 1837 - 226 pages
...rattling of the wheels, and of the prancing horses, and of the jumping chariots. As the sweet flower that scents the morn, But withers in the rising day ; Thus lovely was this infant's dawn, Thus swifily fled its life away. It died ere its expanding soul Had ever burnt... | |
 | Sebastian Streeter, Russell Streeter - Hymns, English - 1839 - 428 pages
...There everlasting spring appears, And joys that never die. HYMN 452. LM [ b ] Death of an Infant. 1 As the sweet flower, which scents the morn, But withers in the rising day, Tims lovely seemed the infant's dawn, Thus swiftly fled its life away. 2 Ere sin 'could blight, or... | |
 | 1842 - 588 pages
...seeks my face, Shall never seek in vain. HYMN T27. LM Death of an Infant. AS 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... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1842 - 298 pages
...they die, Go to that world above. oca LM "£"•> Death , if an Infant. 1 As 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... | |
 | Episcopal Church - Hymns, English - 1843 - 822 pages
...early seeks my face, Shall never seek in vain. HYMN 127. LM Death o/on Infant. S 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... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - Unitarian churches - 1844 - 672 pages
...In heaven is now thine own. 142 L- M. A^ONniocs. Dcat Ii of an £nfant. 1 As 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... | |
 | Cheshire Pastoral Association (Cheshire, Conn.) - Hymns, English - 1845 - 498 pages
...fire Returns, unsullied, as it came. 405. LM ANONYMOUS. Death of an Infant. 1 AS 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... | |
 | William Greenleaf Eliot - Hymns, English - 1845 - 406 pages
...grant, O Lord, To keep them pure as now. LM ANONYMOUS. Death of an Infant. 1 As 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... | |
 | Ruth Patten - 1845 - 324 pages
...six years of age — for she had given evidence that she loved the Saviour. "As the sweet flower that scents the morn But withers in the rising day, Thus lovely was dear Charlotte's dawn, Tiuis swiftly lied hex life away." During a protracted absence at College, ancf... | |
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