 | Ann Jane - 1855 - 1198 pages
...FRIEND. L BOOM FOE ANOTHER COFFIN— BOOM !* " Tliere is nor Hock, however watched sind t«i id<;d, But one dead lamb is there ; There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, Birt! baa one vacant chair:" . "MA! I do think the last year has been the shortest t ever knew," said... | |
 | American periodicals - 1849 - 742 pages
...with every prayer. His heart was at peace, for he had forgiven ! RESIGNATION. BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. THERE is no flock, however watched and tended, But...Rachel for her children crying Will not be comforted ! Let us be patient ! these severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial... | |
 | M. A. H. - Children in literature - 1849 - 160 pages
...her too : — " When the wind blows, the blossoms fall; But a good God reigns over all." RESIGNATION. THERE is no flock, however watched and tended, But...Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted ! Let us be patient! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions... | |
 | History, Modern - 1849 - 620 pages
...worlds above ; And if we did our duty, It might be full oflove!" RESIGNATION. BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...Rachel for her children crying Will not be comforted ! Let us be patient ! these severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial... | |
 | John Seely Hart - Periodicals - 1849 - 934 pages
...THKRE is no flock, however watched and tended, Bui one dead lamb is there ! There is no fi se aide, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! The...Rachel for her children crying Will not be comforted ! Let us be patient ! these severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial... | |
 | 1856 - 1270 pages
...matters not that time's rough waves, Our names from earth efface." POETRY. RESIGNATION. HW LONGFELLOW. There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howso'er defended, But has one vacant chair. The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1850 - 476 pages
...fire without that burned, The thoughts that burned and glowed within. BY THE FIRESIDE. RESIGNATION. THERE is no flock, however watched and tended, But...Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted ! 23 Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Nathaniel Hawthorne, James Russell Lowell, John Greenleaf Whittier, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American literature - 1850 - 388 pages
...with the bereaved widow, and of respect for the illustrious dead. RESIGNATION. BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. THERE is no flock, however watched and tended, But...Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted ! Let us be patient! these severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions... | |
 | Child rearing - 1850 - 310 pages
...universality of the affliction she had suffered. I quoted the exquisite lines of Longfellow : — " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair." This seemed not to afford her any relief ; for what alleviation was it to her, that others suffered... | |
 | Jabez Burns - Bereavement - 1850 - 240 pages
...60 CHAPTER IX. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS AS GROUNDS OF RESIGNATION, AND SUBMISSION TO GOD. RESIGNATION. There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, Bat has one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ;... | |
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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... 
