 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
 | Charles Greenwood - Sunday schools - 1855 - 440 pages
...circle which is not broken, — no parents who have not contributed to these awful, demands : — " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ; There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But hath one vacant chair." Yet, delightful thought,... | |
 | William G. Cambridge - 1855 - 444 pages
...side ; and there were more flowers — flowers which were watered with tears ! 0 ! how true it is, " 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 ! " And such is life... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1856 - 660 pages
...to the lips in misery, Longing, and yet afraid to die, Patient, though sorely tried ! 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 farewells... | |
 | William Bacon Stevens - Consolation - 1856 - 370 pages
...which, perhaps, may never more be filled. There is much of truth in the touching words of Longfellow : "There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ; There is no fireside, howsoe'cr defended, But has one vacant chair !" " The air is full... | |
 | Margaret Fraser Barbour - Children - 1856 - 406 pages
...darkened, her hope for time gone out, but she remains strong and joyful too ; — SHE HATH HER PETITION. There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there I — There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! — The earth is... | |
 | Education - 1856 - 594 pages
...a decent self-respect, a proper pride of character, would prompt him to shun. ONE COMES NO MORE. " 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 ! " THHEE summers ago,... | |
 | William M. Thayer - Devotional literature - 1856 - 314 pages
...are most grateful. Life has too many illustrations of this fact to make additional proof necessary. " There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ; There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has a vacant chair." But the Saviour never... | |
 | Education - 1897 - 404 pages
...mingled with the other passengers, and who seemed always communing with himself, suddenly commenced: 'There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there.' He repeated only a few stanzas, but could apparently have given the whole poem, had he wished.... | |
 | George W. Henry - Marriage - 1856 - 486 pages
...and night on the shores of Sodom's sea, exclaims, " Remember Lot's wife." CHAPTER XVI. C0niinat&. " 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." Abraham and Lot... | |
 | Norman Macleod - Domestics - 1857 - 200 pages
...above, to be there kept secure until the old sheep should follow. Beautifully has the poet said, — There is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb Is there ! There is no fireside howsoe'er defended, But has a vacant chair. She is not dead— the... | |
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