 Smitten friends Are angels sent on errands full of love ; For us they languish, and for us they die : And shall they languish, shall they die, in vain ? Ungrateful, shall we grieve their hovering shades, Which wait the revolution in our hearts? Shall...  The Complaint; Or, Night Thoughts - Page 53by Edward Young - 1813 - 352 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Linton - 1855 - 556 pages
...following from Young's " N'ight Thoughts :" Smitten friends Are angels sent on errands full of love; For us they languish, and for us they die : And shall they...soft address — Their posthumous advice, and pious prnyer ? Senseless as herds that graze their hnllow'd graves, Tread under foot their agonies and groans... | |
 | 1855 - 902 pages
...Smitten friends Are angels sent on errands full of love ; For us they languish, and for us they die. Aud shall they languish, shall they die in vain ? Ungrateful...hearts ? Shall we disdain their silent soft address ? Tread under foot their agonies and groans, Frustrate their anguish, and destroy their death ?" 0... | |
 | Nehemiah Adams - 1855 - 308 pages
...our Christian circles be ! Why shall we who survive fail to live as we suppose they would I " For us they languish, and for us they die ; And shall they languish, shall they die, in vain 1 " There are yet those who lean on Jesus' bosom ; it is a place to which every soul may have access.... | |
 | Charles Linton - 1855 - 552 pages
...following from Young's " Night Thoughts :" Smitten friends Are angels sent on errands full of love ; For us they languish, and for us they die : And shall they languish, shall they die in Tain ? Ungrateful, shall we grieve their hovering shades Which wait the revolution in our hearts ?... | |
 | 1856 - 598 pages
...having an interest in our welfare. And we can adopt the language of the poet : " Ungrateful shall ire grieve their hovering shades, Which wait the revolution...their silent soft address, Their posthumous advice and pioua prayer." IV. Moreover, tire perpetuity of good influence accords with the revealed purpose of... | |
 | Henry Harbaugh - 1857 - 284 pages
...can read it without tenderness?— Smitten friends Are angels sent on errands full of love; For us they languish, and for us they die. And shall they...posthumous advice, and pious prayer; Senseless as herds which graze their hallowed graves, Tread under foot their agonies and groans, Frustrate their anguish,... | |
 | John Simpson (Primitive Methodist minister.) - 1857 - 252 pages
...safe, our port from every storm. Smitten fiiends Are angels, sent on errands full at love : For us they languish, and for us they die; And shall they languish, shall they die in vain I" IN the year 18—, it was my providential lot to be called to reside, for a time, in the large manufacturing... | |
 | Joseph John Gurney - 1857 - 332 pages
...instruction of all around them : 20* " Smitten friends Are Angels sent on errands full of love ; For us they languish, and for us they die: And shall they languish, shall they die in vain?" Young. Persons who undertake extensive and distant missions in foreign lands will experience many a... | |
 | 1883 - 884 pages
...half-remorseful appeal to the shades of the departed: — "Ungrateful, shall we grieve their hovering ihades, Which wait the revolution in our hearts? Shall we disdain their silent, soft address, Heir posthumous advice and pious prayer, Senseless as herds that graze their hallowed graves? Tretd... | |
 | James Hamilton - 1858 - 562 pages
...dust, And save the world a nuisance. Smitten friends Are angels sent on errands full of love ; For us they languish, and for us they die : And shall they...prayer? Senseless, as herds that graze their hallow'd grave?, Tread under foot their agonies and groans ; Frustrate their anguish, and destroy their deaths?... | |
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