 | 1849 - 648 pages
...fancies floating through the brain — The long lost ventures of the heart, That send no answers back again. O flames that glowed ! O hearts that yearned...burned, The thoughts that burned and glowed within. From F raser'» Magazine. A CHAPTER ON BALLOONS. WE lately, during an exploration in a dark corner... | |
 | 1860
...Sovereign. He. 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...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,... | |
 | 1850 - 310 pages
...universality of the affliction she had suffered. I quoted the exquisite lines of Longfellow : — " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair." This seemed not to afford her any relief ; for what alleviation was it to her, that others suffered... | |
 | Heavenly thoughts - 1851 - 318 pages
...shall he live ; and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die." — St. John, xi. 25, 26. There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! Let us take comfort ! these severe afflictions Not from the ground arise ; But oftentimes celestial... | |
 | 1851 - 448 pages
...your rapid cars be driven O'er the boundless path of Heaven ! EE SIGN AT I OH. (Ry Longfellow.) T. There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair! ir. The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead, The heart of Rachel, for... | |
 | 1852 - 340 pages
...afflictions of the righteous -. but the Lord delivereth him out of them all. — PSALMS xxxiv. 19. 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... | |
 | Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1853 - 786 pages
...precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him." RBSIGNATION. There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mourning for the dead ; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted ! Let us... | |
 | Samuel Longfellow - 1853 - 234 pages
...fancies floating through the brain, — The long-lost ventures of the heart, That send no answers back again. O flames that glowed ! O hearts that yearned...burned, The thoughts that burned and glowed within. HW LONGFELLOW. THE EVENING TALK. WE sat by the fisher's cottage, We looked on sea and sky, We saw the... | |
 | Samuel Longfellow - 1853 - 228 pages
...fancies floating through the brain, — The long-lost ventures of the heart, That send no answers back again. O flames that glowed ! O hearts that yearned...burned, The thoughts that burned and glowed within. HW LONGFELLOW. THE EVENING TALK. WE sat by the fisher's cottage, We looked on sea and sky, We saw the... | |
 | Samuel Irenæus Prime - 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... | |
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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... 
