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
| Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch - Religious poetry, American - 1861 - 364 pages
...Son." The infant spirit bowed its head, — " Thy will, O God, be done ! " RESIGNATION. HW LONGFELLOW. THERE is no flock, however watched and tended. But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, The air is full of farewells to the dying, And... | |
| Children's poetry - 1861 - 316 pages
...abode, There, happy, endless ages through, To live with her 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... | |
| Luther Goodyear Bingham - 1861 - 154 pages
...DEATH. — SMALLEST BOY OF THB THIRTEENTH. — CHARACTER. — BELOVED. — HABITS OK ATTENTION. 1. THERE is no flock, however watched and tended But one dead lamb is there : There is no fireside, howso'er defended, But has one vacant chair. 2 The air is full of... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1861 - 910 pages
...fire without that burned. The thoughts that burned and glowed wit.hu.. BY THE FIRESIDE. 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... | |
| Henry Howe - United States - 1861 - 844 pages
...the trumpet's mouth is pealed The blast of triumph o'er thy grave. KESIG.NATION. П. W. LONGFELLOW. 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... | |
| Children in literature - 1861 - 228 pages
...? What to the thought that soothed that woe Were life's best joys — ten years ago ? 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... | |
| Children's poetry - 1861 - 320 pages
...abode, There, happy, endless ages through, To live with her 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... | |
| Robert Eldridge Aris Willmott - 1862 - 418 pages
...; Faith shineth as a morning-star, Our ghastly fears are dead. //. lC. Longfellow. 36l RESIGNATION. THERE is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fire-side, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! The air is full of... | |
| Stephen Frederick Williams - Criticism - 1862 - 328 pages
...intellectual character is superficial. Take, for example, the first of these poems, 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... | |
| Bradford (West Yorkshire, England) - 1862 - 252 pages
...is the history of all ages, the history of all time, " Man dieth and wasteth away and where is he ? There is no flock however watched and tended ; But one dead lamb is there ; No fireside howsoe'er defended, But hath one vacant chair. We have been led into these reflections... | |
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