 | Francis Parkman - Bereavement - 1854 - 292 pages
...his God and ours. Why mourn their translation ? Why indulge the selfishness of grief? 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... | |
 | S. Herbert Lancey - American literature - 1854 - 338 pages
...whose unsteady floor, that sways and bends, Under our thoughts above the dark abyss. RESIGNATION. THEBE is no flock however watched and tended, But one dead...Rachel for her children crying, Will not be comforted ! Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial... | |
 | William Bacon Stevens - Consolation - 1854 - 418 pages
...perhaps, may never more be filled. There is much of truth in the touching words of Longfellow : " There la no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead...Rachel for her children crying, Will not be comforted!" But is there no comfort for such ? Is there no hope in the coffin where the infant lies ? Is the child's... | |
 | Book - 1854 - 496 pages
...be, Beyond the grave I'll meet with thee, Casa Wappy! RESIGNATION, THERE is no flock, however watch'd and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is...Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted ! Lut us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1854 - 332 pages
...Kap'ture, n rapere. Ex-pan'sion, n pandere. Im-pet'u-ons, adj petere. Sanc'ti-fy-ing, part sanctus. THERE is no flock, however watched and tended, But...the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Rachel,1 for her children crying, Will not be comforted ! Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions... | |
 | Sacred poetry - 1854 - 268 pages
...Thy touch shall turn all bright again. RESIGNATION. By LONGFELLOW. THERE is no flock, however watch'd and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is...dead ; The heart of Rachel for her children crying, Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise ; But oftentimes celestial benedictions... | |
 | Edwin Davies (D.D.) - 1854 - 154 pages
...mournful and true are the following touching lines of Longfellow : — "There is no flock, however watch'd and tended, But one dead lamb is there! There is no...the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Eachel, for her children crving, Will not be comforted!" When death breaks into our homes, like a true... | |
 | Samuel Irenæus Prime - Children - 1854 - 168 pages
...which the sorrow has not come which follows the death of a child. It is almost literally true — " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair." ^ The child is dead. Our child is dead. Let us now go to the book of God, and learn its lessons in the time... | |
 | Julia Addison - 1854 - 204 pages
...you joy of your prospects. And now, good bye, for I have other places to call at." CHAPTER XVII. " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair. Let us be patient ; these severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions... | |
 | 1856 - 678 pages
...to heaven my growth may tend, From whence those blessed dews descend. Whytehead. RESIGNATION. THRBE is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead...fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! Tlie air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Rachel, for... | |
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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... 
