| British history - 1855 - 480 Seiten
...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... | |
| 1855 - 878 Seiten
...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... | |
| 1856 - 352 Seiten
...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...heart of Rachel for her children crying, Will not be comforted ! Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes... | |
| John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 Seiten
...to the lips in misery, Longing, and yet afraid to die, Patient, though sorely tried ! Resignation. There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead. 77(6 Golden Legend. Time has laid his hand Upon my heart, gently, not smiting it, But as a harper lays... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1856 - 432 Seiten
...burned, The thoughts that burned aud glowed within. BY THE FIRESIDE. I/./' RESIGNATION . THERE is uo flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb...farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The hcai't of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted ! Let us be patient ! These severe... | |
| American Medical Association. Section on pediatrics - 1903 - 262 Seiten
...of the attention it so richly deserves, then The air so full of farewells to the dying, And mourning for the dead; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted. will find less application than of old. After the loss of one of his children the poet... | |
| United States. Congress - 1953 - 116 Seiten
...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...heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted. Soon after the adjournment of the last session of the 82d Congress, the grim-visaged... | |
| United States. Congress - 1953 - 118 Seiten
...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...heart of Rachel, for her children crying. Will not be comforted. Soon after the adjournment of the last session of the 82d Congress, the grim-visaged... | |
| London metrop. tabernacle - 1881 - 654 Seiten
...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... | |
| 1881 - 1148 Seiten
...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... | |
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