 | John Cumming - Religion - 1855 - 390 pages
...shall pass away and all things new shall begin, " There shall be no more farewells to the dying, Or mournings for the dead ; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will then be comforted. In heaven's great stillness and seclusion, By guardian angels led ; Safe from temptation,... | |
 | Baptists - 1855 - 878 pages
...entered into rest in the seventieth year of his age. Hiss BANKS. " There is no flock, however watcbttd and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howpoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! " Sarah Jane Banks was the eldest daughter of Mr. and... | |
 | British history - 1855 - 482 pages
...watched or tended, But one dead lamb is there ; There is no household, howsoe'er defended. But hath its vacant chair. The air is full of farewells to the dying, And wailing for the dead ; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted. Let us... | |
 | 187? - 296 pages
...Englishman. " Yes," replied De Burgh, " it is the common lot. " "There is no flock, however watch'd and tended, But one dead lamb is there ; There is no fireside, howe'er defended, But has one vacant chair.'" "How.ever," continued the old man, clearing his voice,... | |
 | American poetry - 1856 - 352 pages
...whose unsteady floor, that sways and bends, Under our thoughts above the dark abyss. RESIGNATION. THBRE 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... | |
 | United States. Congress - Legislators - 1953 - 116 pages
...Nation has lost a great public servant, and we have lost a very dear friend. Mr. NEELY. Mr. President There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted. Soon after the adjournment of the last session of the 82d Congress, the grim-visaged reaper, whose... | |
 | United States. Congress - Legislators - 1953 - 118 pages
...Nation has lost a great public servant, and we have lost a very dear friend. Mr. NEELY. Mr. President There Is no flock, however watched and tended, But...Rachel, for her children crying. Will not be comforted. Soon after the adjournment of the last session of the 82d Congress, the grim-visaged reaper, whose... | |
 | London metrop. tabernacle - 1881 - 654 pages
...SHADOW. Claiming a poet's licence, Longfellow has sung with all the pathos of a plaintive minor — '' There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair." The hyperbole comes so near to the expression of literal fact, that we do not care to challenge its strict... | |
 | Genealogy - 1881 - 1148 pages
...relative. The burial ground is looked upon as a sad, lonely place. In the graveyard silent death reigns. " There is no flock however watched and tended, But...dead lamb is there; There is no fireside, howsoe'er defend, But has one vacant chair."- — LONGFELLOW Farnsworth cemetery is on Benj. J. Farnsworth's... | |
 | Church missionary society - 636 pages
...in persuading them to follow his example, and give themselves to the Lord. RESIGNATION. 'I'u KM !,. 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... | |
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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... 
