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POEMS ( continued ) : – From “ Snowbound " Whittier Gone The Angel of
Patience After the Burial Lowell To a Friend after the Loss of a Child Maria Lowell
The Old Man's Funeral . Bryant From “ Thanatopsis ” Blessed are they that mourn
Here ...
POEMS ( continued ) : – From “ Snowbound " Whittier Gone The Angel of
Patience After the Burial Lowell To a Friend after the Loss of a Child Maria Lowell
The Old Man's Funeral . Bryant From “ Thanatopsis ” Blessed are they that mourn
Here ...
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And , since she is gone where she feels no pain , let us not indulge in too much
grief . The soul is incapable of death . And she , like a bird not long enough in her
cage to become attached to it , is free to fly away to a purer air . For , when chil ...
And , since she is gone where she feels no pain , let us not indulge in too much
grief . The soul is incapable of death . And she , like a bird not long enough in her
cage to become attached to it , is free to fly away to a purer air . For , when chil ...
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It is gone , and it is dark . But was having the child so long a little thing ? Would
you have all the sweet memories blotted out for the sake of escaping the sorrow ?
Or are you not glad the little one was yours , if only for a time ? Is it not “ better to ...
It is gone , and it is dark . But was having the child so long a little thing ? Would
you have all the sweet memories blotted out for the sake of escaping the sorrow ?
Or are you not glad the little one was yours , if only for a time ? Is it not “ better to ...
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When I remember these things , I pour out my soul in me ; for I had gone with the
multitude , I went with them to the house of God , with the voice of joy and praise ,
with a multitude that kept holyday . Why art thou cast down , O my soul ? and ...
When I remember these things , I pour out my soul in me ; for I had gone with the
multitude , I went with them to the house of God , with the voice of joy and praise ,
with a multitude that kept holyday . Why art thou cast down , O my soul ? and ...
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While it is present , men take example of it ; and , when it is gone , they earnestly
desire it . It weareth a crown forever , having gotten the victory , striving for
undefiled rewards . The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance , and the
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While it is present , men take example of it ; and , when it is gone , they earnestly
desire it . It weareth a crown forever , having gotten the victory , striving for
undefiled rewards . The righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance , and the
...
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Page 82 - 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 crying, Will not be comforted...
Page 30 - For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
Page 81 - I have nought that is 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 the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves.
Page 31 - And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning.
Page 90 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, which moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 12 - And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me, for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.
Page 50 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 79 - Mysterious Night ! when our first Parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard thy name, Did he not tremble for this lovely frame, This glorious canopy of light and blue ? Yet 'neath a curtain of translucent dew, Bathed in the rays of the great setting flame, Hesperus with the host of heaven came; And lo, Creation widened in man's view.
Page 51 - We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump : For the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
Page 79 - OH may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence...