Thoughts on the Death of Little ChildrenA.D.F. Randolph, 1860 - 154 páginas |
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affliction angels arms babe beauty behold blessed blest bliss bloom blossom bosom breast breath bright brow cheek cherished cherub band child is dead Christ churchyard cold comfort Crimson roses dark dear mother death died dust dying 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 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 scarce seraph shining singing 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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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 ! Let us be patient!
Página 40 - PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise, O ye servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord.
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.
Página 37 - Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him. For he knoweth our frame ; He remembereth that we are dust.
Página 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...
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 than ours.
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 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.
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". "How many are you, then, "said I, "If they two are in heaven?
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.