| William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 pages
...those That wait the ripened bloom to seize their prey ! Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set; but all, Thou hast aH seasons for thine own, O Death ! We know when moons shall wane, When summer birds from far shall... | |
| Modern poetical speaker, Fanny Bury PALLISER - 1845 - 540 pages
...rend The skies, and swords beat down the princely crest. Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set; — but all, Thou hast AM. seasons for thine own, O Death! MRS. HEMANS. A BOOK. I 'M a strange contradiction ; I 'm new, and... | |
| Mrs. Hemans - English poetry - 1845 - 382 pages
...God ! THE HOUR OF DEATH. LEAVES have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north-wind's breath, And stars to set, — but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death ! Day is for mortal care, Eve, for glad meetings round the joyous hearth, Night for the dreams... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1845 - 558 pages
...down the princely erect. Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north-wind's breath. And stars to set — but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death ! MOZART'S REQUIEM. A ni ii ii !: « ! — and for whom ' For beauty in its bloom ? For valour... | |
| Unitarian churches - 1845 - 488 pages
...world ! ' " — Gibbon's Roman Empire, Vol. V. p. 196. " Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to...but all, — Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death." — Mrs. Henuins. MOON'S PHASES. Fall Moon, HA, Oh. 40m. in or. Lust Ctiinr. 8th, gh. 8m.... | |
| John Lauris Blake - History - 1846 - 296 pages
...existence of a God! LESSON SEVENTY-SEVENTH. The Hour of Death. Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to...— but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O death! Day is for mortal care, Eve for glad meetings round the joyous hearth, Night for the dreams... | |
| James Martineau - Hymns, English - 1846 - 538 pages
...that one ever. 645. PM HEMANS. The aeasons of death. 1 LEAVES have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to...— but all, Thou hast ALL seasons for thine own, O Death ! 2 Day is for mortal care, Eve for glad meetings round the joyous hearth, Night for the dreams... | |
| Anna Maria Mead Chalmers - Christian life - 1846 - 196 pages
...and MMW, of Richmond, Va., August 9th, 1845. CONCLUSION. Leaves have their time to fall ; And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set — but all — Thou hast ail seasons for thine own, 0 death ! How full of death is this world of sin? It is at all times sad,... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...bloom to seize their prey. Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north-wind's breath, And stars to set — but all Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death ! We know when moons shall wane, When summer-birds from far shall cross the sea, When autumn's... | |
| My youthful companions - 1846 - 170 pages
...those That wait the rlpen'd bloom to seize their prey. " Leave* have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath ; And stars to set ; but all — Thou bast all seasons for thine own, O Death 1 "— HEMANB. " AND so the sun-like face of my old friend... | |
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