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 Medical World - Page 2041892Full view - About this book
| William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1858 - 516 pages
...of God had blest; And lo ! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest ! FROM LEIGH HDNT. L.— 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. We see but dimly through... | |
| Walter Aimwell - Children - 1858 - 262 pages
...the vital powers gradually sinking, in their fearful struggle with death. JACOH AUBOTT. 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... | |
| Joseph Barlow Robinson - Epitaphs - 1859 - 220 pages
...the sky, And let the tombs reply ! For seed, that waits the harvest time is there. MBS. HEMANS. 662. There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, J3ut has one vacant chair. LONGFELLOW. 663. He... | |
| Light - Hymns, English - 1859 - 186 pages
...yes, this is our home, sweet home for ever; O seek, my brother, then, to journey thither. LXXVIII. 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... | |
| Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 120 pages
...LOXGFEU.OW. see eo). Sub'urb, n. (L. sub, urbs). Port'al, n. (L.porta). Kap'ture, n. (L. raptum, see rapid}. 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... | |
| Unitarianism - 1859 - 926 pages
...chalice pressed to their own lips, and felt that the draught was 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 :... | |
| John Cumming - 1859 - 464 pages
...flee away, and be at rest." No less beautiful than the Rabbi's words are those of the poet : — " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ; There is no fireside, hovvsoe'er defended, But hath one vacant chair. " There is no death... | |
| Leroy Jones Halsey - Bible - 1860 - 460 pages
...to part with these jewels of the heart! Who hath not lost a 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... | |
| Augustus Charles Thompson - Children - 1860 - 82 pages
...chasm. With trembling voice the mother will tell you that this 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... | |
| Mourning mother - 1861 - 102 pages
...maid replied ; Twelve steps or more from my mother's door, And they are side by side. 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... | |
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