 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 vapours ; Amid these earthly damps, What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers,...  Vestina's Martyrdom; a Story of the Catacombs - Page 206by Emma Raymond Pitman - 1869 - 368 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...Amid these earthly damps; What seem to us but sad funereal tapers, May be heaven's distant lamps." What is it there is so fascinating in this life —... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 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.... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1852 - 256 pages
...dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Kachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted. Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from...Amid these earthly damps What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps. There is no Death ! What seems so is transition ; This... | |
 | 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...Amid these earthly damps ; What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers, .May be heaven's distant lamps. There is no Death! AVhat seems so is transition; This... | |
 | 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...Amid these earthly damps, What seem to us but sad funereal tapers, May be Heaven's distant lamps. LONGFELLOW. " MR. HUGHES, I presume ? " said Mr. Marshall... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 344 pages
...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...and vapours Amid these earthly damps, What seem to ns but sad funereal tapers, May be heaven's distant lamps. There is no Death ! What seems so is transition... | |
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