 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1871 - 1146 pages
...may say in the touching words of Longfellow — " There is no fireside liowso'er defended, But haa one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to...Rachel for her children crying Will not be comforted." That is a true picture of the state of things in those ravaged and desolated provinces ; and is not... | |
 | Charles Granville Gepp - 1830 - 194 pages
...joy. Cf. Part I. Exercise XCIX. 5. EXERCISE XXXI. (Longfellow). There is no flock, however watch'd and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is...the dying, And mournings for the dead : The heart of Eachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted ! Let us be patient ; these severe afflictions... | |
 | 1860
...breaks in twain the dearest ties, shivers at a <jw the nearest and sweetest bonds of union. " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead...fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair." Vice separates men. Sin oftentimes creates a " great gulf between them." :>u draw aside from the shameless,... | |
 | 1849 - 620 pages
...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 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... | |
 | 1849 - 742 pages
...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 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... | |
 | M. A. H. - 1849 - 160 pages
...: — " When the wind blows, the blossoms fall; But a good God reigns over all." RESIGNATION. THERE 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 benedictions... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 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
...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...Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted. Let us be patient ! these severe afflictions That from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Nathaniel Hawthorne, James Russell Lowell, John Greenleaf Whittier, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 388 pages
...bereaved widow, and of respect for the illustrious dead. RESIGNATION. BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. THERE 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 benedictions... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 476 pages
...without that burned, The thoughts that burned and glowed within. BY THE FIRESIDE. RESIGNATION. THERE is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead...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... | |
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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... 
