 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...  The baptist Magazine - Page 731874Full view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 724 pages
...that burned and glowed within. RESIGNATION. THEBE 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... | |
 | 1859 - 926 pages
...too powerful for their own strength. " 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 ! " MESSES. EDITORS : — Another specimen of the little Book of Devotional Poetry from which " I hold... | |
 | 1859 - 300 pages
...you rest. ANONYMOUS. (ail) Designation. THEBE 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... | |
 | Daniel Wise - 1859 - 292 pages
...LONGFELLOW sings these sweetly sad lines: " There is no flock, however watch'd and tended, But one dead lamb is there; There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair." " Every man," says BISHOP HALL, " hath his turn of sorrow, whereby—some more, some less—all men... | |
 | Henry William Dulcken - 1860 - 230 pages
...Shall be a soldier's sepulchre ! CAMPBELL. HERE 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... | |
 | Augustus Charles Thompson - 1860 - 82 pages
...one and that one were early called away. 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. A single event so sad and seemingly mysterious would demand thought ; but when it is found that in... | |
 | S. R. - 1860 - 306 pages
...past with thee ? RESIGNATION. Inngfollnm. THEEE 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... | |
 | Leroy Jones Halsey - 1860 - 460 pages
...child ? and who is safe from losing ? " 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." VIII. THE WICKED CHILDREN OE BETHEL. From this company of the "early lost and early saved," we turn... | |
 | 1861 - 320 pages
...and God." REV. W. CALVERT. RESIGNATION. 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... | |
 | 1861 - 316 pages
...and God." RESIGNATION. REV. W. CALVERT. 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... | |
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