She is not dead, — the child of our affection, — But gone unto that school Where she no longer needs our poor protection, And Christ himself doth rule. In that great cloister's stillness and seclusion, By guardian angels led, Safe from temptation,... Poems - Page 343by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850Full view - About this book
| Pulchérie Money - 1863 - 476 pages
...gone unto that school Where she no longer needs our poor protection ; And Christ Himself doth rule. In that great cloister's stillness and seclusion,...her, and keep unbroken The bond which nature gives ; H Thinking that our remembrance, tho' unspoken, May reach her where she lives. Not as a child shall... | |
| Christian literature for children - 400 pages
...gone unto that school Where she no longer needs our poor protection, And Christ himself doth rule. In that great cloister's stillness and seclusion,...after year, her tender steps pursuing, Behold her crown more fair. Thus do we walk with her, and keep unbroken The bond which nature gives, Thinking... | |
| Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd - 1863 - 446 pages
...child grew on earth. And Longfellow, in his touching poem of Resignation^ sug* gests a like idea : — Day after day, we think what she is doing In those...grown more fair. Thus do we walk with her, and keep unhroken The bond which nature gives, Thinking that our remembrance, though unspoken, May reach her... | |
| Matilda Charlotte Houstoun - 1863 - 322 pages
...VOL. n. D again the garden-walks of her own couutryliome in peaceful Western England ! ' In that cold cloister's stillness and seclusion, By guardian angels...Safe from temptation, safe from sin's pollution, She lived in peace, and hope.' ' Oh ! Susan, dearest friend,' sobbed Marian, as, an hour later, they turned... | |
| Mildred - 1863 - 272 pages
...gone into the school Where she no longer needs our poor protection, And Christ himself does rule. " In that great cloister's stillness and seclusion,...guardian angels led, Safe from temptation, safe from sin'« pollution, She lives, whom we call dead. " Day after day we think what she is doing In those... | |
| Christian literature for children - 800 pages
...unto that school, Where she no longer needs our poor protection, Where Christ himself doth rule. " Safe from temptation, safe from sin's pollution : She lives whom we call dead." Her remains wore interred at Linton Church, attended by a largo number of teachers, members, and friends... | |
| Caroline Snowden Guild - Children - 1864 - 318 pages
...gone unto that school, Where she no longer needs our poor protection, And Christ himself doth rule. In that great cloister's stillness and seclusion,...tender steps pursuing, Behold her grown more fair. 278 RESIGNATION. Thus do we walk with her, and keep unbroken The bond which nature gives, Thinking... | |
| Lyrical gleanings - 1864 - 152 pages
...gone unto that school Where she no longer needs our poor protection, And Christ himself doth rule. In that great cloister's stillness and seclusion,...Year after year, her tender steps pursuing, Behold the ground more fair. Thus do we walk with her, and keep unbroken The bond which Nature gives ; Thinking... | |
| John Ross Macduff - Consolation - 1864 - 146 pages
...gone into that school "Where she no longer needs our poor protection, But Christ Himself doth rule. " In that great cloister's stillness and seclusion,...from sin's pollution, She lives whom we call dead."* ° " I have had six children, and I bless God for his free grace that they are all with Christ, or... | |
| Comfort - Consolation - 1864 - 204 pages
...gone into that school Where she no longer needs our poor protection, ' And Christ himself doth rule. " In that great cloister's stillness and seclusion,...guardian angels led ; Safe from temptation, safe from sins' pollution, She lives, whom we call dead. " Day after day, we think what she is doing In those... | |
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