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... fair , " saith he ; " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me , I will give them all back again . " He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes , He kissed their drooping leaves : It was for ...
... fair , " saith he ; " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me , I will give them all back again . " He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes , He kissed their drooping leaves : It was for ...
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... fair . Oft I with tearful eyes , gaze Where the church - yard daisies blow ; Oft my prayers are only sighs , Yearning for my children so . Yet I know the Shepherd's hand Led them home in tender love ; Mine is sure a blessed band , Two ...
... fair . Oft I with tearful eyes , gaze Where the church - yard daisies blow ; Oft my prayers are only sighs , Yearning for my children so . Yet I know the Shepherd's hand Led them home in tender love ; Mine is sure a blessed band , Two ...
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... fair young brow ! Time might have changed that spotless heart ! Years might have taught deceit but now - In love's confiding dawn we part ! Ere pain or grief had wrought decay , My babe is cradled in the tomb ; Like some fair blossom ...
... fair young brow ! Time might have changed that spotless heart ! Years might have taught deceit but now - In love's confiding dawn we part ! Ere pain or grief had wrought decay , My babe is cradled in the tomb ; Like some fair blossom ...
Page 42
... fair , and very fair , Her beauty made me glad . " Sisters and brothers , little maid , How many 42 LITTLE ONES IN HEAVEN . WE ARE SEVEN,
... fair , and very fair , Her beauty made me glad . " Sisters and brothers , little maid , How many 42 LITTLE ONES IN HEAVEN . WE ARE SEVEN,
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... fair , I take my little porringer , And eat my supper there . " The first that died was sister Jane ; In bed she moaning lay , Till God released her of her pain ; And then she went away . " So in the churchyard she was laid ; And when ...
... fair , I take my little porringer , And eat my supper there . " The first that died was sister Jane ; In bed she moaning lay , Till God released her of her pain ; And then she went away . " So in the churchyard she was laid ; And when ...
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angel babe Babie Bell beautiful beneath blessed blest bliss bloom blossom boy that died breast breath bright brow Casa Wappy Catharine cherub cherubim child Christ comfort cradle dark darling dead dear death didst earth earthly eternal evermore eyes fair faith Father feel flowers fond GERALD MASSEY glory God's gone grace grief hair hand happy hast hath heart heaven Heaven's gate heavenly holy hope hushed infants innocent kingdom of heaven kiss lamb light lips little feet live look Lord lost miss morning mother mourn never night nursling o'er pain parents Philip Melanchthon prayer Psalm rest round salvation Satan seraphs shining silent sing skies sleep smile sorrow soul spirit sweet sweet child T. B. ALDRICH tears tender thee thine things thou art thought tomb unto voice weary wee White Rose weep words
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Page 29 - THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between.
Page 86 - There is no Death ! What seems so is transition ; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian, Whose portal we call Death. She is not dead, — the child of our affection, — But gone unto that school Where she no longer needs our poor protection, And Christ himself doth rule.
Page 225 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form ; Then have I reason to be fond of grief.
Page 30 - Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. "They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear.
Page 26 - Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
Page 34 - But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Page 28 - But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
Page 34 - A lily of a day Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures life may perfect be.
Page 42 - ... -A SIMPLE Child, That lightly draws its breath, And feels its life in every limb, What should it know of death?
Page 45 - So in the church-yard she was laid ; And, when the grass was dry,* Together round her grave we played, My brother John and I. And when the ground was white with snow, And I could run and slide, My brother John was forced to go, And he lies by her side." " How many are you, then," said I, " If they two are in heaven ?" Quick was the little Maid's reply,