The early dead; or, Our loved and lost ones, poetry. To which is added texts of Scripture1853 |
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... on the hope to lay hold , That in Jesus is offered to all , For ourselves we may weep as the day we behold ; But for them not a tear - drop shall fall . — Anon . THE MOTHER'S COMFORT . I had a son , a Shall we Mourn for the Dead?-ANON.
... on the hope to lay hold , That in Jesus is offered to all , For ourselves we may weep as the day we behold ; But for them not a tear - drop shall fall . — Anon . THE MOTHER'S COMFORT . I had a son , a Shall we Mourn for the Dead?-ANON.
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... fall , At noon and evening , o'er thy pall ; And daisies , when the vernal year Revives , upon thy turf appear . The earliest snowdrop there shall spring , And lark delight to fold his wing ; And roses pale , and lilies fair , With ...
... fall , At noon and evening , o'er thy pall ; And daisies , when the vernal year Revives , upon thy turf appear . The earliest snowdrop there shall spring , And lark delight to fold his wing ; And roses pale , and lilies fair , With ...
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... Falling on the inward ear . Know we not our dead are looking Downward with a sad surprise ; All our strifes of words rebuking With their mild and loving eyes ? Shall we grieve these holy angels , Shall we clould these blessed skies ...
... Falling on the inward ear . Know we not our dead are looking Downward with a sad surprise ; All our strifes of words rebuking With their mild and loving eyes ? Shall we grieve these holy angels , Shall we clould these blessed skies ...
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... fall And waste into the bright and genial air , While we - by hands that minister'd in life Nothing but love to us - are thrust away , The earth flung in upon our just cold bosoms And the warm sunshine trodden out for ever ! Yet have I ...
... fall And waste into the bright and genial air , While we - by hands that minister'd in life Nothing but love to us - are thrust away , The earth flung in upon our just cold bosoms And the warm sunshine trodden out for ever ! Yet have I ...
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... fall Her praise resounds no more when mantled in her pall . The most beloved of heart Not long survives to day , So music past is obsolete , And yet ' twas sweet , ' twas passing sweet ; But now ' tis gone away . Thus does the shade In ...
... fall Her praise resounds no more when mantled in her pall . The most beloved of heart Not long survives to day , So music past is obsolete , And yet ' twas sweet , ' twas passing sweet ; But now ' tis gone away . Thus does the shade In ...
Términos y frases comunes
afflicted angels answered beaming beautiful BEAUTIFUL DREAM beloved blessed blest brave breast breath bright bring calm cheek child cold comfort darkness dead dear death deep depart dread dwelling early earth eyes face fair fall fear feel flowers gathered gaze gentle give glory gone grace grave Grew grief grow hand happy hard hath head heart heaven hope hour infant laid Landon lies light live look loss lost meet morning mother mournful never night o'er once pain pale pass past peace prayer pure receive rest rose safe saw thee sets short shroud sight silent sleep smile soon sorrows soul sound spirit spring sweet tears tender thine thing thou art Thou art gone thought turn Twas unto voice watch weary weep wind withering young
Pasajes populares
Página 51 - Could we but climb where Moses stood, And view the landscape o'er, — Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, Should fright us from the shore.
Página 27 - 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 crying, Will not be comforted ! Let us be patient!
Página 58 - Thou art gone to the grave ; but we will not deplore thee, Whose God was thy ransom, thy guardian, and guide ; He gave thee, he took thee, and he will restore thee; And death has no sting, for the Saviour has died.
Página 38 - There is a day of sunny rest For every dark and troubled night ; And grief may bide an evening guest, But joy shall come with early light.
Página 65 - It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Página 70 - My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: for whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Página 17 - Bring flowers, pale flowers, o'er the bier to shed, A crown for the brow of the early dead ! For this through its leaves hath the white rose burst, For this in the woods was the violet nursed ! Though they smile in vain for what once was ours, They are love's last gift. Bring ye flowers, pale flowers ! Bring flowers to the shrine where we kneel in prayer.
Página 50 - THERE is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign, Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. 2 There everlasting spring abides, And never-withering flowers : Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heavenly land from ours. 3 Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood Stand dressed in living green; So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between.
Página 67 - SLEEP, little Baby ! sleep ! Not in thy cradle bed, Not on thy mother's breast Henceforth shall be thy rest, But with the quiet dead.
Página 72 - THE righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: And merciful men are taken away, none considering That the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. He shall enter into peace: They shall rest in their beds, Each one walking in his uprightness.