The Mourner Comforted: Containing the Cypress WreathGould and Lincoln, 1844 - 256 pages |
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Page 32
... memory of the sainted dead hovers , a blessed and purifying influence , over the hearts of men . At the grave of the good , so far from losing heart , the spiritually mind- ed find new strength . They weep , but as they weep they look ...
... memory of the sainted dead hovers , a blessed and purifying influence , over the hearts of men . At the grave of the good , so far from losing heart , the spiritually mind- ed find new strength . They weep , but as they weep they look ...
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... memory is the shrine Of pleasant thoughts , soft as the scent of flowers , Calm as on windless eve the sun's decline , Sweet as the song of birds among the bowers , Rich as a rainbow with its hues of light , Pure as the moonshine of an ...
... memory is the shrine Of pleasant thoughts , soft as the scent of flowers , Calm as on windless eve the sun's decline , Sweet as the song of birds among the bowers , Rich as a rainbow with its hues of light , Pure as the moonshine of an ...
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... Memory , with her busy throng Of tender images , forgotten long ; Years hurried back , and , as they swiftly rolled , I saw thee , heard thee , as in days of old ; Sad and more sad each sacred feeling grew ; Manhood was moved , and ...
... Memory , with her busy throng Of tender images , forgotten long ; Years hurried back , and , as they swiftly rolled , I saw thee , heard thee , as in days of old ; Sad and more sad each sacred feeling grew ; Manhood was moved , and ...
Page 73
... memory weeps alone O'er hours of peace and gladness flown ; Ah why , by passing clouds opprest , Should vexing thoughts distract my breast ; Turn , turn to him in every pain , Whom never suppliant sought in vain Thy strength in joy's ...
... memory weeps alone O'er hours of peace and gladness flown ; Ah why , by passing clouds opprest , Should vexing thoughts distract my breast ; Turn , turn to him in every pain , Whom never suppliant sought in vain Thy strength in joy's ...
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... memory still hovers with fond de- light , are now exchanged for notes unmin- gled with woe ; nor would we wish ( were it possible ) for one moment , ' to constrain the liberated spirit into bonds again . ' Rather let the thought of ...
... memory still hovers with fond de- light , are now exchanged for notes unmin- gled with woe ; nor would we wish ( were it possible ) for one moment , ' to constrain the liberated spirit into bonds again . ' Rather let the thought of ...
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Page 27 - Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
Page 128 - When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice ; (For the Lord thy God is a merciful God ;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
Page 122 - Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground ; Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
Page 20 - I CANNOT make him dead ! His fair sunshiny head Is ever bounding round my study chair; Yet, when my eyes, now dim With tears, I turn to him, The vision vanishes — he is not there...
Page 53 - There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
Page 92 - For the Lord will not cast off for ever : But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
Page 115 - FRIEND after friend departs : Who hath not lost a friend ? There is no union here of hearts, That finds not here an end : Were this frail world our final rest, Living or dying, none were blest.
Page 94 - Man knoweth not the price thereof ; Neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me: And the sea saith, It is not with me.
Page 14 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set - but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death!
Page 73 - Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ...