| British history - 1855 - 482 pages
...watched or tended, But one dead lamb is there ; There is no household, howsoe'er defended. But hath its vacant chair. The air is full of farewells to the dying, And wailing for the dead ; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted. Let us... | |
| 187? - 296 pages
...Englishman. " Yes," replied De Burgh, " it is the common lot. " "There is no flock, however watch'd and tended, But one dead lamb is there ; There is no fireside, howe'er defended, But has one vacant chair.'" "How.ever," continued the old man, clearing his voice,... | |
| John Bartlett - Quotations - 1856 - 660 pages
...who lie Steeped to the lips in misery, Longing, and yet afraid to die, Patient, though sorely tried ! Resignation. There is no flock, however watched and...farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead. 77(6 Golden Legend. Time has laid his hand Upon my heart, gently, not smiting it, But as a harper lays... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1856 - 432 pages
...burned, The thoughts that burned aud glowed within. BY THE FIRESIDE. I/./' RESIGNATION . THERE is uo flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb...farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The hcai't of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted ! Let us be patient ! These severe... | |
| 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...fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! " THHEE summers ago, as we passed to and from our dwelling, we used to notice two golden-haired children,... | |
| 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...fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair." Abraham and Lot are both widowers. How the latter became so, we have already learned. What desolation... | |
| 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...There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has a vacant chair." But the Saviour never leaves nor forsakes his friends. " Lo, I am with you alway,... | |
| Congregational union of England and Wales - 1856 - 754 pages
...them return," and oh, It* we feel for them in ^their lsee!; home ! "There is no flock, however wttch'd and tended. But one dead lamb is there ; There is...fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair." Busy memory is bringing r-- images, and for a moment is alffiiK forgotten the bright hope of imomrtality... | |
| 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 of farewells to the dying, And mournings... | |
| HODGES SMITH - 1856 - 772 pages
...half-suppressed sigh to the lips of those who observe it. " There u no flock, however watched and tended, Bat one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair !" True, too true ; but there are few where all the chairs are vacant, save one — perhaps few in... | |
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