Let us be patient! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. We see but dimly through the mists and vapors; Amid these earthly damps What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers May... The Book of Elegant Extracts - Page 100by Book - 1868 - 159 pagesFull view - About this book
| Frederick Walpole - 1851 - 406 pages
...Sancho Panza, that there is a remedy for all, save death, afforded no consolation. — Allah Kerim ! " Let us be patient ; these severe afflictions Not from...sad funereal tapers, May be heaven's distant lamps." What is it there is so fascinating in this life — discomforts, inconveniences of all kinds ? Dangers... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...dying, And mournings for the dead; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted ! Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from...earthly damps What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers There is no Death ! What seems so is transition ; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the... | |
| Meta Lander - 1861 - 354 pages
...dying, And mournings for the dead. The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted ! Let us be patient ! these severe afflictions Not from...dark disguise. We see but dimly through the mists and vapors ; Amid these earthly damps, What seem to us but dim, funereal tapers May be heaven's distant... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1851 - 596 pages
...dying And mournings for the dead; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted! Let us be patient! These severe afflictions Not from...dark disguise. We see but dimly through the mists and vapors Amid these earthly damps, What seem to us but sad funereal taners, May be heaven's distant lamps.... | |
| 1851 - 448 pages
...And mournings for the dead, The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not he comforted. m. Let us be patient ! these severe afflictions Not from...celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. IV. We see but dimly through the mists and vaponrs ; Amid these earthly damps What seam to us but sad... | |
| James Grant - 1851 - 392 pages
...by the Old Horse Wynd, a street that led to the porch of Holyrood Palace. CHAPTER XX. FATHER TARBET. Let us be patient ! these severe afflictions Not from the ground arise ; But often times celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. LonffeUaie. THBEE months passed away,... | |
| Heavenly thoughts - 1851 - 318 pages
...there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! Let us take comfort ! these severe afflictions Not from the ground arise ; But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume their dark disguise. We see but dimly through the mists and vapours ; — Amid these earthly damps,... | |
| 1851 - 878 pages
...divine conduct. " We see but dimly through the mists and vapour», л mill- 1 these earthly dainpi ; What seem to us but sad funereal tapers. May be heaven's distant lampa." A stronger faith, a more stedfast look at things which are eternal, would rectify our mistakes... | |
| Durham city, sch - 1852 - 486 pages
...frequenter eunt. Infantes plorat genetrix orbata percinptoe, Nec sinit afflietum verba levare sinuiu. 22 Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from....May be heaven's distant lamps. There is no Death! AVhat seems so is transition; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian, Whose... | |
| Barbarina Charlotte Grey (hon. lady.) - 1852 - 332 pages
...steps were heard in the passage. The door was thrown open, and Mr. Marshall announced. CHAPTER XI. Let us be patient, these severe afflictions Not from...sad funereal tapers, May be Heaven's distant lamps. LONGFELLOW. " MR. HUGHES, I presume ? " said Mr. Marshall formally. Edward bowed, and brought forward... | |
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