Our Little Ones in HeavenWalter Aimwell Gould and Lincoln, 1858 - 248 pages |
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... head . She had a rustic , woodland 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 42 LITTLE ONES IN HEAVEN . WE ARE SEVEN,
... head . She had a rustic , woodland 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 42 LITTLE ONES IN HEAVEN . WE ARE SEVEN,
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... head shouldst lay , And live , beloved , when I was gone , For many a happy day . With trembling hand I vainly tried Thy dying eyes to close ; And almost envied , in that hour , Thy calm and deep repose ; For I was left in loneliness ...
... head shouldst lay , And live , beloved , when I was gone , For many a happy day . With trembling hand I vainly tried Thy dying eyes to close ; And almost envied , in that hour , Thy calm and deep repose ; For I was left in loneliness ...
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... head , Or on what soft , pillowing breast Is the cherub form at rest , That ere long , with darkened eye , Sleeping to no lullaby , Whitely robed , and still , and cold , Pale flowers slipping from its hold , Shall this dainty couch ...
... head , Or on what soft , pillowing breast Is the cherub form at rest , That ere long , with darkened eye , Sleeping to no lullaby , Whitely robed , and still , and cold , Pale flowers slipping from its hold , Shall this dainty couch ...
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... heads and destroy ourselves . SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE . GOD GRACIOUS IN HIS JUDGMENTS . BUT for myself , I bless God I have observed and felt so much mercy in this angry dispen- sation of God , that I am almost transported ; I am sure highly ...
... heads and destroy ourselves . SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE . GOD GRACIOUS IN HIS JUDGMENTS . BUT for myself , I bless God I have observed and felt so much mercy in this angry dispen- sation of God , that I am almost transported ; I am sure highly ...
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... head To mar the hallowed scene , And ' t was a mother's tears , methought , Which kept that turf so green . The eldest was a gentle girl , She sunk as rose - buds fall , And then two little brothers came , - They were their parents ...
... head To mar the hallowed scene , And ' t was a mother's tears , methought , Which kept that turf so green . The eldest was a gentle girl , She sunk as rose - buds fall , And then two little brothers came , - They were their parents ...
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Page 42 - 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.
Page 29 - 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.
Page 85 - There is no Death ! What seems so is transition. This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian Whose portal we call Death. She is not dead, — the child of our affection, — But gone unto 'that school Where she no longer needs our poor protection, And Christ Himself doth rule.
Page 85 - 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...
Page 26 - Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
Page 34 - 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.
Page 28 - But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
Page 20 - What is man that thou art mindful of him ? or the son of man, that thou visitest him ? Thou madest him a little lower than the angels ; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands ; thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet.
Page 124 - Is but his wardrobe locked; — he is not there! He lives! — In all the past He lives ; nor, to the last, Of seeing him again will I despair; In dreams I see him now ; And, on his angel brow, I see it written, "Thou shalt see me there!
Page 241 - I HAD a little daughter, And she was given to me To lead me gently backward To ,the Heavenly Father's knee, That I, by the force of nature, Might in some dim wise divine The depth of his infinite patience To this wayward soul of mine. I know not how others saw her, But to me she was wholly fair, And the light of the heaven she came from Still lingered and gleamed in her hair ; For it was as wavy and golden, And as many changes took, As the shadows of sun-gilt ripples On the yellow bed of a brook.