To weary hearts, to mourning homes, God's meekest Angel gently comes : No power has he to banish pain, Or give us back our lost again ; And yet in tenderest love, our dear And Heavenly Father sends him here. There's quiet in that Angel's glance, There's... Poems - Page 262by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1850 - 408 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1864 - 704 pages
...great or small, »nd before whom all nations are but as the dust of the balance. THE ANGEL OF PATIENCE. To weary hearts, to mourning homes, God's meekest...sends him here. There's quiet in that angel's glance; There's rest in hie still countenance ¡ He mocks no grief with idle cheer, Nor wounds with words the... | |
| Arbitration (International law) - 1873 - 398 pages
...An interesting work. VOL. II. BOSTON, OCTOBER, 1873. No. 10. THE ANGEL OF PATIENCE. BY JG WHITTJER. To weary hearts, to mourning homes, God's meekest...pain, Or give us back our lost again ; And yet in tender love, our dear And Heavenly Father sends him here. There's quiet in that angel's glance : There's... | |
| 1849 - 854 pages
...GEIi.HAX. BY JG WHITTIER. To weary hearts, to mourning homes, God's meekest angel comes ; No power hath he to banish pain, Or give us back our lost again....sends him here. There's quiet in that angel's glance, There's rest in his still countenance: He mocks no grief with idle cheer, Nor wounds with words the... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - History - 1850 - 408 pages
...And to thy spirit give Gladness in Heaven ! THE ANGEL OF PATIENCE. A FREE PARAFHRASE Of THE OERJUJI. To weary hearts, to mourning homes, God's meekest...here. There's quiet in that Angel's glance, There 'a rest in his sti}l countenance ! He mocks no grief with idle cheer, Nor wounds with words the mourner's... | |
| Gems - 1850 - 204 pages
...tongue E'er said or sung, If men were wise, and loved each other. C. MACKAY. THE iNGEL OF PATIENCE. To weary hearts, to mourning homes, God's meekest...sends him here. There's quiet in that Angel's glance — There's rest in his still countenance : He mocks no grief with idle cheer, Nor wounds with words... | |
| Child rearing - 1851 - 596 pages
...wilderness to " bud and blossom as the rose? " THE ANGEL OF PATIENCE. A FREE PAJLAPKRASE 07 THE (IKJIMAS. To weary hearts, to mourning homes, God's meekest...love, our dear And heavenly Father sends him here. There 'a quiet in that angel's glance, There 'a rest in his still countenance ; He mocks no grief with... | |
| Samuel Prout Newcombe - 1851 - 250 pages
...bare Abram a son : and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael." THE ANSEL OF PATIENCE. To weary hearts, to mourning homes, God's meekest...yet, in tenderest love, our dear And Heavenly Father Bends him here. There's quiet in that Angel's glance — There's rest in his still countenance: He... | |
| Gems - 1851 - 206 pages
...tongue E'er said or sung, If men were wise, and loved each other. C. MACKAY. THE ANGEL OP PATIENCE. To weary hearts, to mourning homes, God's meekest...pain, Or give us back our lost again ; And yet, in tend'rest love, our dear And heav'nly Father sends him here. There's quiet in that angel's glance—... | |
| J. B. Syme - Death - 1852 - 196 pages
...undoubting faith in that revelation. THE ANGEL OF PATIENCE. A free paraphrase of the German. BY JG WHITTIEB. To weary hearts, to mourning homes, God's meekest...sends him here. There's quiet in that angel's glance, — There's rest in his still countenance: He mocks no grief with idle cheer, Nor wounds with words... | |
| H. C. Foster - English poetry - 1853 - 378 pages
...providence, By the great sun of wisdom cast thereon ; And what is dark below is light in heaven ! " THE ANGEL OF PATIENCE. A FREE PARAPHRASE OF THE GERMAN....sends him here. There's quiet in that Angel's glance, There's rest in his still countenance ; He mocks no grief with idle cheer, Nor wounds with words the... | |
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