His presence is like sunshine sent to gladden home and hearth, To comfort us in all our griefs, and sweeten all our mirth. Should he grow up to riper years, God grant his heart may prove As sweet a home for heavenly grace as now for earthly love. And... Supplement to the Courant - Seite 731855Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Early dead - 1853 - 122 Seiten
...behold ; But for them not a tear-drop shall fall. — Anon. THE MOTHER'S COMFORT. I had a son, a little son, his age I cannot tell, For they reckon not by years or months where he is gone to dwell : To us far less than four short years, his infant smiles were... | |
| 1854 - 738 Seiten
...hearth. To comfort us in all our griefs, and sweeten all our mirth. Should he grow up to riper years, God grant his heart may prove As sweet a home for heavenly...beside his grave, the tears our aching eyes must dim, Goci comfort us for all the lore which we shall lose in him. 1 have a son, a third sweet son, his age... | |
| Eliza Coates - 1855 - 204 Seiten
...with itself, and with God, " Should he grow to riper years, God grant his heart may prove, As much a home for heavenly grace, as now for earthly love...And if beside his grave the tears our aching eyes may dim, God comfort us for all the love that we shall lose in him." DELTA. " I DO not think 'our Willie'... | |
| 1856 - 852 Seiten
...hearth, To comfort us in all our griefs and sweeten all our mirth. Should he grow up to riper years, God grant his heart may prove As sweet a home for heavenly...comfort us for all the love which we shall lose in I him. I have a son, a third sweet son ; his age I cannot tell, I For they reckon not by years and... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott - 1857 - 426 Seiten
...comfort us in all our griefs, and sweeten all our mirth. 298 Should he grow up to riper years, God grant his heart may prove As sweet a home for heavenly...his age I cannot tell, For they reckon not by years or months where he is gone to dwell. To us, for fourteen anxious months, his infant smiles were given,... | |
| 1858 - 240 Seiten
...hearth, To comfort us in all our griefs, And sweeten all our mirth. Should he grow up to riper years, God grant his heart may prove As sweet a home for heavenly...sweet son ; His age I cannot tell, For they reckon not hy years or months Where he is gone to dwell. To us, for fourteen anxious months, His infant smiles... | |
| 1858 - 882 Seiten
...hearth, To comfort us in all our griefs, and sweeten all our mirth. Should he grow up to riper years, God grant his heart may prove As sweet a home for heavenly...in him. I have a son, a third sweet son ; his age I can not tell, For they reckon not by years or months where he is gone to dwell. To us, for fourteen... | |
| Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 642 Seiten
...hearth. To comfort us in all our griefs, and sweeten all our mirth. Should he grow up to riper years, God grant his heart may prove As sweet a home for heavenly...in him. I have a son, a third sweet son ; his age I can not tell, For they reckon not by years or months where he is gone to dwell. To us, for fourteen... | |
| 1858 - 298 Seiten
...To comfort us in all our griefs, and sweeten all our mirth : Should he grow up to riper years, God grant his heart may prove As sweet a home for heavenly...aching eyes must dim, God comfort us, for all the love that we may lose in him. I have a son, a third sweet son, his age I can not tell, For they reckon not... | |
| Henry M. Wheeler - 1859 - 184 Seiten
...To comfort us in all our griefs, And sweeten all our mirth ; Should he grow up to riper years, God grant his heart may prove As sweet a home for heavenly...aching eyes must dim, God comfort us for all the love That we shall lose in him." But over the abode of cheerful piety at Wimbledon, was soon to spread a... | |
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