 | 1888 - 862 pages
...as true ; general experience as Longfellow's poem : "There is no flock, however watched and tendcJ. But one dead lamb is there! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair." But while the poet preaches resignation, tis painter makes us realise the tender possibilit-'of parental... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Taylor - American essays - 1854 - 304 pages
...the children we laid them down — accepted candidates for the Kingdom of Heaven. ' There is no fold, ho-wever watched and tended, But one dead lamb is...there ; There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But hath one vacant chair.' Here in the comer — the poet's comer, (why is he always set in the corner,... | |
 | John Cumming - 1854 - 342 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 defende d, But hath one vacant chair. " The air is full of farewells of the dying, And mournings for... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1855 - 580 pages
...wild and bleak, As they beat at the heart of the mother, Drive the color from her cheek 1 RESIGNATION. There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not he comforted ! Let us be patient! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes... | |
 | Benjamin Richings - 1855 - 338 pages
...which Thou hast given, That prayer from earth shall enter heaven ! RW KYLE. BEREAVEMENT SANCTIFIED. THERE is no flock, however watched and tended, But...chair. The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mourners for the dead ; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted. Let us... | |
 | William G. Cambridge - 1855 - 444 pages
...side ; and there were more flowers — flowers which were watered with tears ! 0 ! how true it is, " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! " And such is life ! — the old must die, and the young may. It seems meet that the aged should... | |
 | Charles Greenwood - Sunday schools - 1855 - 440 pages
...circle which is not broken, — no parents who have not contributed to these awful, demands : — " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...there ; There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But hath one vacant chair." Yet, delightful thought, that these loved ones, which have sparkled, been exhaled,... | |
 | John Cumming - Bible - 1855 - 302 pages
...There is no fireside, howsoo'er defended, But hath one vacant chair. " The air is full of farewells of the dying, And mournings for the dead; The heart of...Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted." And what does this prove but that sin hath entered, and death by sin? In that day, when holiness shall... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - American literature - 1855 - 474 pages
...But one <loa<l lamb is tlicTcl There is no fireside, howwe'er defended, But has one vacant chair 1 The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Kachel for her children crying Will not be comforted I Ix!t не be patient! the«c severe affliction*... | |
 | Eugenia N. P. Hartwell - American poetry - 1855 - 260 pages
...howsoe'er defended. But hath oue vacant chair. The air is full of groanings for the dying, And farewells for the dead ; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted." The words most dear to her were, Spring, Mother, Friend, Home, and Heaven. Her writings show wonderful... | |
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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... 
