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... Poems - Page 284by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1856 - 764 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1856 - 1026 pages
...and monkey. RESIGNATION. BY HESBY W. LONGFELLOW. THERE is no flock, however watched and tended, Bat one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ; The air is fall of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Rachel for her children crying... | |
| 1860
...humanity. Memorials these are of home below ; let them b« you prophecies and promises of the home above. " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But...dead lamb is there ; There is no fireside, howsoe'er c'efeuded, But has one vacant chair! " Let us be patient I these severe aft ictio a Not from the ground... | |
| 1849 - 648 pages
...ventures of the heart, That send no answers back again. O flames that glowed ! O hearts that yearned ! They were indeed too much akin — The drift-wood...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... | |
| 1871 - 498 pages
...inspire us to lay down our lives daily, for the pure love of Thee. AML NOT COMMONPLACE. CHAPTER VII. " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howe'er defended, But has one vacant chair. The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mourning... | |
| William Howitt - 1848 - 432 pages
...That send no answers back again. Oh, flames that glowed ! Oh, hearts that yearned ! They were, alas ! too much akin — The drift-wood fire without that...burned, The thoughts that burned and glowed within. 312 313 SCENES AND CHARACTERS FROM THE FIRST FRENCH REVOLUTION. Translated for •' Hewitt's Journal."... | |
| 1856 - 1270 pages
...matters not that time's rough waves, Our names from earth efface." POETRY. RESIGNATION. HW LONGFELLOW. There 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 of farewells to the dying, And mournings... | |
| 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... | |
| Jabez Burns - 1850 - 240 pages
...not now. E2 60 CHAPTER IX. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS AS GROUNDS OF RESIGNATION, AND SUBMISSION TO GOD. RESIGNATION. There is no flock, however watched and...there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, Bat has one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ;... | |
| 1850 - 604 pages
...Motte Fouque," will read it with increased gratification. All of them must do so with pleasure : — " RESIGNATION. " There is no flock, however watched...But one dead lamb is there ; There is no fireside, however defended, But has one vacant chair. "The air is full of farewells for the dying, And mournings... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1850 - 608 pages
...Motte Fouque," will read it with increased gratification. All of them must do so with pleasure : — " d however defended, But has one vacant chair. " The air is full of farewells for the dying, And mournings... | |
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