A Manual for Use at Funerals: Consisting of Scripture Readings, Poems, and Prose Selections from Various Sources |
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... o'er thy head ; But rather find thee eyes , and look thee there Where now thy feet so heedless o'er them tread , And thou shalt see , where wasting now they lie , The unseen hues of immortality . - Jones Very . SELECTED POEMS . PART I ...
... o'er thy head ; But rather find thee eyes , and look thee there Where now thy feet so heedless o'er them tread , And thou shalt see , where wasting now they lie , The unseen hues of immortality . - Jones Very . SELECTED POEMS . PART I ...
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... o'er . Behold , the portals open , and o'er the threshold , now , There steps a weary one with a pale and furrowed brow ; His count of years is full , his allotted task is wrought ; He passes to his rest from a place that needs him not ...
... o'er . Behold , the portals open , and o'er the threshold , now , There steps a weary one with a pale and furrowed brow ; His count of years is full , his allotted task is wrought ; He passes to his rest from a place that needs him not ...
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... o'er , The sojourner returns no more . Now of a lasting home possessed , He goes to seek a deeper rest . Good - night ! the day was sultry here , In toil and fear ; Good - night ! the night is cool and clear . Now open to us , gates of ...
... o'er , The sojourner returns no more . Now of a lasting home possessed , He goes to seek a deeper rest . Good - night ! the day was sultry here , In toil and fear ; Good - night ! the night is cool and clear . Now open to us , gates of ...
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... o'er the sleeping dust . God's - Acre ! Yes , that blessed name imparts Comfort to those , who in the grave have sown The seed that they had garnered in their hearts , Their bread of life , alas ! no more their own . Into its furrows ...
... o'er the sleeping dust . God's - Acre ! Yes , that blessed name imparts Comfort to those , who in the grave have sown The seed that they had garnered in their hearts , Their bread of life , alas ! no more their own . Into its furrows ...
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... o'er all— , Birth , they have named me yonder ! Enbocation . Answer me , burning stars of night ! Where is the spirit gone , That past the reach of human sight As a swift breeze hath flown ? And the stars answered me : " We roll In ...
... o'er all— , Birth , they have named me yonder ! Enbocation . Answer me , burning stars of night ! Where is the spirit gone , That past the reach of human sight As a swift breeze hath flown ? And the stars answered me : " We roll In ...
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A. C. Swinburne A. H. Clough Absalom Alfred Tennyson Alice Cary angels Anonymous beautiful behold Blessed breath bright bright promise canst child cloud cometh dark days go dead dear death doth dust earth eternal evermore eyes faint fair faith Father fear feel feet flowers forever Frances Anne Kemble friends gentle Gerald Massey give giveth his beloved glory God's gone grave grief hand hath heart heaven holy hope Horatius Bonar immortal J. G. Whittier Leopold Schefer life's light live look Lord Mary Howitt mercy morning mortal never night o'er pain passed patient peace Poems prayer Quiet Hours righteousness river saith say unto Schaff & Gilman shadow shine sing sleep smile sorrow soul spirit stars strength Sursum Corda sweet tears tender thine things thou art thou hast thou shalt thought troubled trust truth voice wait weary weep wisdom