As pure and sweet, her fair brow seemed Eternal as the sky ; And like the brook's low song, her voice, — A sound which could not die. And half we deemed she needed not The changing of her sphere, To give to Heaven a Shining One, Who walked an Angel... Mile Stones in Our Life-journey - Página 291por Samuel Osgood - 1877 - 368 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1845 - 648 páginas
...as the sky, And like the brook's low song, her voies A sound which could not die. And half we deemed she needed not The changing of her sphere, To give...to Heaven a Shining One, Who walked an Angel here. The blessing of her quiet life Fell on us like the dew ; And good thoughts, where her footsteps fell.... | |
| 1846 - 308 páginas
...sky ; And like the brook's low song, her voice — A sound which could not die. And half we deemed she needed not The changing of her sphere, To give...to Heaven a Shining One, Who walked an Angel here. The blessing of her quiet life Fell on us like the dew ; And good thoughts, where her footsteps fell,... | |
| 1849 - 478 páginas
...is given ; And glows once more with angel steps The path that leads to heaven. 2 O, half we deemed she needed not The changing of her sphere, To give...to heaven a shining one, Who walked an angel here. 3 Unto our Father's will alone One thought hath reconciled ; That He whose love exceedeth ours Hath... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1850 - 408 páginas
...sky ; And like the brook's low song, her voice — A sound which could not die. And half we deemed she needed not The changing of her sphere, To give...to Heaven a Shining One, Who walked an Angel here. The blessing of her quiet life • Fell on us like the dew ; And good thoughts, where her footsteps... | |
| Church of the Disciples (Boston, Mass.) - 1852 - 674 páginas
...is given ; And glows once more with angel steps The path that leads to heaven. 2 0, half we deemed she needed not The changing of her sphere, To give...to heaven a shining one, Who walked an angel here. 3 Unto our Father's will alone One thought hath reconciled ; That he whose love exceedeth oure Hath... | |
| Frederic Henry Hedge, Frederic Dan Huntington - 1853 - 674 páginas
...is given ; And glows once more with angel steps The path that leads to heaven. 2 O, half we deemed she needed not The changing of her sphere, To give...to heaven a shining one, Who walked an angel here. 3 Unto our Father's will alone One thought hath reconciled ; That he whose love exceedeth ours Hath... | |
| Francis Parkman - 1854 - 292 páginas
...benediction, and makes Christ's promise* live in our experience. How many of us can say with the poet : — Another hand is beckoning us, Another call is given...heaven a shining one, Who walked an angel here• EXTRACT. " I will not mock thee with the poor world's common And heartless phrase ; Yet would I say,... | |
| Caroline Hyde Butler Laing - 1855 - 480 páginas
...elegant waiting maid, we will now return to our other friends. CHAPTER XXVIII. " Oh, half we deemed she needed not The changing of her sphere, To give to Heaven a shining one, Who walked an angel here !" WUITTIIE. Once more in Florence. The noonday had been excessively sultry, but as the Bun sped downwards... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 690 páginas
...sky ; And like the brook's low song, her voice — A sound which could not die. And half we deemed she needed not The changing of her sphere, To give...to heaven a shining one, Who walked an angel here. The blessing of her quiet life Fell on us like the dew ; And good thoughts, where her footsteps press... | |
| John Greenleaf Whittier - 1855 - 436 páginas
...sky ; And like the brook's low song, her voice — A sound which could not die. And half we deemed she needed not The changing of her sphere, To give...to Heaven a Shining One, Who walked an Angel here. The blessing of her quiet life Fell on us like the dew ; And good thoughts, where her footsteps pressed... | |
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