The Early Dead; Or, Transplanted Flowers: A Collection of Thoughts, Poetrical and Scriptual, on the Death of ChildrenHenry J. Howland, 1857 - 204 pages |
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... soft and low , As in her heart 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 being out . Our very hopes belied our fears , Our fears our ...
... soft and low , As in her heart 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 being out . Our very hopes belied our fears , Our fears our ...
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... soft and gentle beauty banishes all thoughts of gloom , Then I love to seek the quiet of my own secluded room . But one fair and glorious evening , when all nature ' d sunk to rest , When this earth - home seemed all lovely , fit for ...
... soft and gentle beauty banishes all thoughts of gloom , Then I love to seek the quiet of my own secluded room . But one fair and glorious evening , when all nature ' d sunk to rest , When this earth - home seemed all lovely , fit for ...
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... soft footsteps , this is little Mary's grave ! Little sunny - hearted Mary , youngest of our happy band , Lightly was her sweet name's tracing in Life's ever changing sand . Beauty dwelt in every feature , and her wild dark TRANSPLANTED ...
... soft footsteps , this is little Mary's grave ! Little sunny - hearted Mary , youngest of our happy band , Lightly was her sweet name's tracing in Life's ever changing sand . Beauty dwelt in every feature , and her wild dark TRANSPLANTED ...
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... soft silken hair Falling where the death damp gathered , like a cloud of sunset there , Harps and voices of the angels broke the stillness wild and deep With their white wings folded round her , little Mary fell asleep ! Oh that hour of ...
... soft silken hair Falling where the death damp gathered , like a cloud of sunset there , Harps and voices of the angels broke the stillness wild and deep With their white wings folded round her , little Mary fell asleep ! Oh that hour of ...
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... soft lips as he murmured her name , While the dreamer lay smiling in joy . O sweet as the rose - bud encircled with dew , When its fragrance is flung on the air , So fresh and so bright to the mother he seemed , As he lay in his ...
... soft lips as he murmured her name , While the dreamer lay smiling in joy . O sweet as the rose - bud encircled with dew , When its fragrance is flung on the air , So fresh and so bright to the mother he seemed , As he lay in his ...
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