 And we think that, in some pause of angels' song, God may pluck them with the silence sweet to gather, And hold both within his right hand which is strong. 'Our Father!' If He heard us, He would surely (For they call Him good and mild) Answer, smiling...  Poets and Novelists: A Series of Literary Studies - Page 90by George Barnett Smith - 1875 - 422 pagesFull view - About this book
 | England - 1843 - 832 pages
...the silence sweet to gainer, And hold both within his right hand, which is strong, Our Father ! If ho heard us, he would surely (For they call him good...very purely — • Come and rest with me, my child.' " But no," say the children, weeping faster ; " He is silent as a stone, And they tell us, of his image... | |
 | Scotland - 1843 - 1380 pages
...words except our Father! And we think that, in some pause of angels' song, He may pluck them with tlio silence sweet to gather, And hold both within his...very purely— ' Come and rest with me, my child.' " But no," say the children, weeping faster ; " He is silent as a stone, And they tell us, of his image... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1844 - 290 pages
...Pass by, hearing not, or answer not a word ! And we hear not (for the wheels in their resounding) " Two words, indeed, of praying we remember ; And at...world very purely, ' Come and rest with me, my child.' " But, no ! " say the children, weeping faster, " He is speechless as a stone ; And they tell us, of... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...in some pause of angels' song, He may pluck them with the silence sweet to gather, And hold both in His right hand, which is strong. Our Father! If He...world very purely, " Come and rest with me, my child." " But no," say the children, weeping faster, " He is silent as a stone ; And they tell us, of His image... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 302 pages
...in some pause of angel's song, He may pluck them with the silence sweet to gather. And hold both in his right hand, which is strong. Our Father ! If He...very purely,) ' Come and rest with me, my child.' " "But no," say the children. weeping faster, " He is silent as a stone ; And they tell us of His image... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...gather, And hold both in His right hand, which U ston;. Our Father.' If He heard us, He would soisiy— For they call Him good and mild — Answer, smiling...world very purely, " Come and rest with me, my child." " But no," say the children, weeping faster, " He is silent as a stone ; And they tell us, of His image... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1850 - 318 pages
...speaking at the door : Is it likely God, with angels singing round Him, Hears our weeping any more ? " Two words, indeed, of praying we remember ; And at...world very purely, ' Come and rest with me, my child.' " But, no !" say the children, weeping faster, " He is speechless as a stone ; And they tell us, of... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1853 - 508 pages
...speaking at the door : Is it likely God, with angels singing round him, Hears our weeping any more ? ' Two words, indeed, of praying we remember, And at...world very purely, ' Come and rest with me, my child.' ' But, no ! ' say the children, weeping faster, ' He is speechless as a stone ; And they tell us, of... | |
 | Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1853 - 298 pages
...weeping any more ? " Two words, indeed, of praying we remember ; And at midnight's hour of harm, — 4 Our Father,' looking upward in the chamber. We say...Answer, smiling down the steep world very purely, 4 Come and rest with me, my child.' " But, no !" say the children, weeping faster, " He is speechless... | |
 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...a charm.* We know no other words, except ' Our Father,' And we think that, in some pause of angel's song, God may pluck them with the silence sweet to...world very purely, ' Come and rest with me, my child.' XI. " But, no !" say the children, weeping faster, " He is speecbless as a stone ; And they tell us,... | |
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