 | Confederate States of America - 1915 - 608 pages
..."the valley of the shadow" hope sees a star and faith hears the flutter of an angel's w:ing. "We sec but dimly through the mists and vapors ; Amid these...sad funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps." It would indeed be a selfish thought to wish them back, even those to whom we feel life's fullest meed... | |
 | Mechanical engineering - 1916 - 902 pages
...tended, But one dead lamb is there; There is no fireside howe'er defended But has one vacant chair. Let us be patient. These severe afflictions Not from...celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise." CW TRULOCK, CA SPENCER, ME CARROLL, Committee. Local Union No. 34, St. Paul, Minn., Passes Resolution... | |
 | California - 1916 - 116 pages
...dying And mournings for the dead; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted! Let us be patient! These severe afflictions Not from...arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume the dark disguise. We see but vainly through the mists and vapors; Amid these earthly damps What seem... | |
 | 1861 - 810 pages
...your mercies, for we all have many more mercies than trials, and — "Let us be patient; these strere afflictions, Not from the ground arise ;But oftentimes...celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise." JE THE CHEEEY-TBEE. ;HEN- little Anne acd Amy saw the cheirj'tree in Aunt Bow's garden in full bloom,... | |
 | Percy Holmes Boynton - American poetry - 1918 - 746 pages
...crying, Will not be comforted! Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, I0 But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this...sad, funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps. There is no Death ! What seems so is transition ; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the... | |
 | American poetry - 1918 - 2062 pages
...dying, And mournings for the dead; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted ! rt's long peace there But only agony, and that has ending; And the worst friend and enemy is but \V7hat seem to us but sad, funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps. There is no Death! What seems... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Massachusetts - 1918 - 296 pages
...Will not be comforted0 ! Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise,0 w We see but dimly through the mists and vapors Amid...earthly damps. What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers 15 May be heaven's distant lamps. There is no Death ! What seems so is transition. This life of mortal... | |
 | Charles Clark Pierce, D.D. - 1918 - 78 pages
...dying; And mournings for the dead; The heart of Rachel for her children crying, Will not be comforted. Let us be patient. These severe afflictions Not from...celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. Amid these earthly damps, What seem to us but sad funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps. There... | |
 | 1918 - 82 pages
...dying; And mournings for the dead; The heart of Rachel for her children crying. Will not be comforted. Let us be patient. These severe afflictions Not from...celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. Amid these earthly damps, What seem to us but sad funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps. There... | |
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Let us be patient! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise. But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. We see but dimly through the mists and vapors: Amid these earthly damps, What seem to us but sad funereal tapers May... 
