 | John Cumming - 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... | |
 | Married women - 1855 - 342 pages
...Eternal. CHAPTER IX Tell me who now who has passed away ? For whom is the death-bell tolling, say 1 ANON. The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead. LONGFELLOW. AND where was Milly ? that she was not there to receive her father's blessing, to hear... | |
 | John Cumming - 1855 - 390 pages
...shall pass away and all things new shall begin, " There shall be no more farewells to the dying, Or mournings for the dead ; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will then be comforted. In heaven's great stillness and seclusion, By guardian angels led ; Safe from temptation,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | British history - 1855 - 482 pages
...watched or tended, But one dead lamb is there ; There is no household, howsoe'er defended. But hath its vacant chair. The air is full of farewells to the dying, And wailing for the dead ; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted. Let us... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 pages
...to the lips in misery, Longing, and yet afraid to die, Patient, though sorely tried ! Resignation. There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead. 77(6 Golden Legend. Time has laid his hand Upon my heart, gently, not smiting it, But as a harper lays... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1856 - 432 pages
...burned, The thoughts that burned aud glowed within. BY THE FIRESIDE. I/./' RESIGNATION . THERE is uo flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb...farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The hcai't of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted ! Let us be patient ! These severe... | |
 | George W. Henry - 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... | |
 | 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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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 ; The heart of Rachel, for her children... 
