Thoughts on the Death of Little ChildrenA. D. F. Randolph, 1852 - 154 Seiten |
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affliction angels arms babe beauty behold blessed blest bliss bloom blossom bosom breast breath bright brow cheek cherub band child is dead Christ churchyard cold comfort Crimson roses dark death died dust dying early earth earthly evermore eyes fair Father feel flowers gentle glad glory gone grace grave grief grieve half in shadow hand happy happy spirit harp hath hear heart heaven heavenly holy hope infant James Melville Jerusalem Jesus Jesus wept kiss laid lamb light lips lisp little children live look Lord lost morning mortal Mother Earth mourn ne'er Neath never night o'er pain parents pray precious rejoice rest saints Saviour seraph shining sing skies sleep smiled snowdrop soft song sorrow soul spirit suffer sweet tears thee thine things thou thought throne Twas unto voice watch weary weep wept whisper wings
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Seite 40 - PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise, O ye servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord.
Seite 132 - Name ever dear to me ! When shall my labors have an end, In joy and peace and thee...
Seite 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.
Seite 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. She had a rustic, woodlai.d air, And she was wildly clad; Her eyes were fair, and very fair; — Her beauty made me glad. " Sisters and brothers, little maid, How many may you be? " " How many? Seven in all," she said, And wondering looked at me.
Seite 24 - 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 146 - Sisters and brothers, little maid, How many may you be ? " " How many ? Seven in all," she said, And wondering looked at me. "And where are they? I pray you tell.
Seite 27 - And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Seite 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.
Seite 96 - I THOUGHT to pass away before, and yet alive I am ; And in the fields all round I hear the bleating of the lamb. How sadly, I remember, rose the morning of the year ! To die before the snowdrop came, and now the violet's here.