 Amid these earthly damps What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers, May be heaven's distant lamps. There is no Death ! What seems so is transition ; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian, Whose portal we call Death.  Lays of the Pious Minstrels - Seite 90von John Bawtree Harvey - 1865 - 180 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1912 - 616 Seiten
...chair! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted! Let...severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But of ten tunes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. We see but dimly through the mists and... | |
 | 1912 - 540 Seiten
...some heart, though unknown, Responds unto his own. 4. Wa see but dimly through the mists and vapors; Amid these earthly damps ; What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers, May be heaven's distant lamps. 5. All arc architects of fate. Working in these walls of time : Some with massive deeds and great,... | |
 | John Vaughan - 1913 - 166 Seiten
...Livingstone that " pain is only a means of enforcing love," or with the Christian poet of America — " Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from...sad, funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps." 3 The problem of the prosperity of the wicked is specially prominent in Psalms 37 1Matt. v. 4, 10.... | |
 | American Medico-Psychological Association - 1913 - 576 Seiten
...hidden from our view may be brought to light. We see but dimly through the mists and vapors Around these earthly damps ; What seem to us but sad funereal tapers May be Heaven's distant lamps. 446 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC WORK IN THE HOSPITALS OF THE UNITED STATES... | |
 | American Psychiatric Association - 1913 - 572 Seiten
...hidden from our view may be brought to light. We see but dimly through the mists and vapors Around these earthly damps; What seem to us but sad funereal tapers May be Heaven's distant lamps. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC WORK IN THE HOSPITALS OF THE UNITED STATES AND... | |
 | 1913 - 264 Seiten
...of wintry time will quickly pass, And one unbounded Spring encircle all. Thomson: Seasons. Winter. What seem to us but sad funereal tapers, May be Heaven's distant lamps. Longfellow : Resignation. He who hath watch'd, not shared, the strife, Knows how the day hath gone.... | |
 | 1882 - 1008 Seiten
...His purposes, pervade his pages ; and of the harder riddles of this life he has learned to say : 1 Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise ; Bnt oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. ' We see but dimly through the mists... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1914 - 734 Seiten
...And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Kachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted 1 Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from...dark disguise. We see but dimly through the mists and vapors ; Amid these earthly damps What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers May be heaven's distant... | |
 | Rosa Nouchette Carey - 1914 - 486 Seiten
...pocket, for my heart was heavy to-night — strangely heavy, 'little Charlie.' CHAPTER XLI. Let tube patient! These severe afflictions Not from the ground...celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise.' ' The air is full of farewells for the dying, And mournings fur the dead ; The heart of Rachel for... | |
 | 1915 - 608 Seiten
...star and faith hears the flutter of an angel's w:ing. "We sec but dimly through the mists and vapors ; Amid these earthly damps, What seem to us but sad funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps." It would indeed be a selfish thought to wish them back, even those to whom we feel life's fullest meed... | |
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