 | Baptists - 1826 - 674 pages
...thee, my Lord, compare : Now bid all worldly joys depart, And reign supremely in my heart ! On llu' Death of an Infant. With what unknown delight the...smiled, When this frail treasure in her arms she pressed ! Дег prayer was heard — she elasped a living child ; But how the gift transcends the poor request... | |
 | English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...tears, This yields the heart relief, Until the Christian's- pious hope O'ercomes a mother's grief. Dale. ON THE DEATH OF AN INFANT. With what unknown delight...smiled, When this frail treasure in her arms she pressed I Her prayer was heard — she clasped a living child, — But how the gift transcends the poor request... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...their short holiday of childhood ceas'd, Ne'er to return ! That birthright now is lost ! Wordsworth* ON THE DEATH OF AN INFANT. WITH what unknown delight the mother smil'd, When this frail treasure in her arms she press'd ! Her prayer was heard — she clasp'da living... | |
 | Childhood - 1841 - 384 pages
...sweet surprise to wake A bright and blissful denizen of heaven. ON THE DEATH OF AN INFANT. JANE TAYLOR. WITH what unknown delight the mother smiled, When...frail treasure in her arms she pressed! Her prayer was heard—she clasped a living child,— But how the gift transcends the poor request! A child was all... | |
 | 1854 - 672 pages
...reaper came that day ; 'Twas an angel visited the green earth, And took the flowers away. LONGFELLOW. ON THE DEATH OF AN INFANT. WITH what unknown delight...prayer was heard — she clasped a living child ; But now the gift transcends the poor request ! A child was all she asked, with many a vow ; Mother ! behold... | |
 | H. C. Foster - English poetry - 1853 - 378 pages
...least, If goodness lead him not, yet weariness May toss him to my breast. GEORGE HERBERT — 1593-1632. ON THE DEATH OF AN INFANT. WITH what unknown delight...request ! A child was all she asked, with many a vow ; Now in her Father's house she finds a place ; Or, if to earth she take a transient flight, 'Tis to... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1853 - 800 pages
...place; And sweet Experience proves as years increase, That wisdom's ways are pleasantness and peace. ON THE DEATH OF AN INFANT. With what unknown delight...mother smiled When this frail treasure in her arms she prcss'd ! Her prayer was henrd — she clasp'da living child ; — But how the gift transcends the... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1857 - 800 pages
...place; And sweet Expericnce proves as years inerease, That wisdom's ways are pleasantness and peace. ON THE DEATH OF AN INFANT. With what unknown delight...mother smiled When this frail treasure in her arms she press'd ! Her prayer was heard — she elaHp'da living child ; — But how the gift transcends the... | |
 | Walter Aimwell - Children - 1858 - 262 pages
...them in His house above — " for of such is the kingdom of heaven ? " THE WAY HOME. THE CHILD-ANGEL. WITH what unknown delight the mother smiled, When this frail treasure in her arms she pressed 1 Her prayer was heard, — she clasped a living child, — But how the gift transcends the poor request!... | |
 | American poetry - 1861 - 144 pages
...wings of prayer, Heaven's erystal gates swing inward, And she sees her baby there. GIVER AND TAKER. WITH what unknown delight the mother smiled When this...her arms she pressed ! Her prayer was heard — she elasped a living ehild ; But how the gift transeends the poor bequest ! A ehild was all she asked,... | |
| |
Her prayer was heard — she clasped a living child ; — But how the gift transcends the poor request! A child was all she asked, with many a vow ; — Mother — Behold the child an angel now ! Now in her Father's house she finds a place ; Or if to... 
