Thoughts on the Death of Little Children

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Anson D.F. Randolph 683 Broadway., 1854 - 154 páginas
 

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Página 40 - PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise, O ye servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord.
Página 71 - I have naught that is fair?" saith he; "Have naught but the bearded grain? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. "My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled; "Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once a child.
Página 122 - 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 crying, Will not be comforted...
Página 139 - We watched her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. " ' So silently we seemed to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. " ' Our very hopes belied our fears ; Our fears our hopes belied ; We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. " ' For when the morn came dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed ; — she had Another morn...
Página 148 - And when the ground was white with snow, And I could run and slide, My brother John was forced to go, And he lies by her side.
Página 56 - Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy : when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
Página 26 - Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped...
Página 122 - Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise.
Página 147 - Two of us in the churchyard lie — My sister and my brother ; And in the churchyard cottage, I Dwell near them with my mother.
Página 146 - I met a little cottage Girl : She was eight years old, she said ; Her hair was thick with many a curl That clustered round her head.

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