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Night and Death Blanco White Oh , may I join the Choir Invisible George Eliot
Absence Frances Anne Kemble The Reaper and the Flowers . Longfellow .
Resignation The Eternal Goodness Whittier 73 1 . 74 76 78 79 79 80 . 81 82 . 8
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Night and Death Blanco White Oh , may I join the Choir Invisible George Eliot
Absence Frances Anne Kemble The Reaper and the Flowers . Longfellow .
Resignation The Eternal Goodness Whittier 73 1 . 74 76 78 79 79 80 . 81 82 . 8
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And , if their sun goes down and night darkens their sky , may it at least be bright
with the stars of hope . And when the day of life is over and the evening shadows
fall , like tired but happy children , may they come home to thee , and find the ...
And , if their sun goes down and night darkens their sky , may it at least be bright
with the stars of hope . And when the day of life is over and the evening shadows
fall , like tired but happy children , may they come home to thee , and find the ...
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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
...
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
...
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David therefore besought God for the child ; and David fasted , and went in , and
lay all night upon the earth . And the elders of his house arose , and went to him ,
to raise him up from the earth ; but he would not , neither did he eat bread with ...
David therefore besought God for the child ; and David fasted , and went in , and
lay all night upon the earth . And the elders of his house arose , and went to him ,
to raise him up from the earth ; but he would not , neither did he eat bread with ...
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We do not know whether the grave is the end of this life or the door of another , or
whether the night here is not somewhere else a dawn . Neither can we tell which
is the more fortunate , - the child dying in its mother's arms , before its lips have ...
We do not know whether the grave is the end of this life or the door of another , or
whether the night here is not somewhere else a dawn . Neither can we tell which
is the more fortunate , - the child dying in its mother's arms , before its lips have ...
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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...