 | Margaret Miller Davidson - 1841 - 388 pagina’s
...angels wooed me from on high, Too much I fear my shrinking soul Would cast on earth its longing eye. Teach me to fill thy place below, That I may dwell...with thee above ; To soothe, like thee, a mother's wo, And prove, like thee, a sister's love. It was probably this trembling solicitude about the duration... | |
 | 1842 - 414 pagina’s
...greatness. TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF THE MISSES DAVIDSON. ВТ GEORGE H. COLTON, AUTHOR OF "TECUMSEH," ETC. " Thou wert unfit to dwell with clay, For sin too pure, for earth too bright ! And Death, who called thee hence away, Placed on his brow a gem of light." Margaret to her Sister. The flowers that... | |
 | Margaret Miller Davidson - 1843 - 252 pagina’s
...live on through endless day. Thou gem of light! my leading star! What thou hast been, I strive to be; When from the path I wander far, Oh turn thy guiding...mother's woe, And prove, like thine, a sister's love. For sin too pure, for earth too bright! And death, who call'd thee hence away, Thou wert unfit to dwell... | |
 | Margaret Miller Davidson, Washington Irving - 1843 - 240 pagina’s
...my shrinking soul Though heaven's bright portal were unclosed, Would cast on earth its longing eye. Teach me to fill thy place below, That I may dwell...mother's woe, And prove, like thine, a sister's love. It was probably this trembling solicitude about the duration of her existence, that made her so anxious,... | |
 | 1843 - 758 pagina’s
.../> ir.tfr s/ // , ffrSr/** ',~r THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY ANNUAL. REV. JOHN SUMMERFIELU. BY THE EDITOR. " Thou wert unfit to dwell with clay, For sin too pure, for earth too bright ! And Death, who called thee hence away, Placed on his brow a gem of light." SUMMERFIELD, was one of the most extraordinary... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 368 pagina’s
...light ! my leading star ! What thou hast been I strive to be ; When from the path I wander far, O, turn thy guiding beam on me. Teach me to fill thy...mother's woe, And prove, like thine, a sister's love. • • • • When all is still, and fancy's realm Is opening to the eager view, Mine eye full oft,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 368 pagina’s
...of light ! my leading star ! What thou hast been I strive to be; When from the path I wander far, O, turn thy guiding beam on me. Teach me to fill thy...mother's woe, And prove, like thine, a sister's love. * * * » When all is still, and fancy's realm Is opening to the eager view, Mine eye full oft, in search... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 176 pagina’s
...of light ! my leading star ! What thou hast been I strive to be; When from the path I wander far, O, turn thy guiding beam on me. Teach me to fill thy...a mother's woe, And prove, like thine, a sister's lore. # # # » When all is still, and fancy's realm Is opening to the eager view, Mine eye full oft,... | |
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Thou gem of light ! my leading star ! What thou hast been, I strive to be ; When from the path I wander far, Oh, turn thy guiding beam on me. Teach me to fill thy place below, That I may dwell with thee above; To soothe, like thee, a mother's woe, And... 
