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... glory Stream brightly through the azure vault afar , And half reveal the story . Oh , land unknown ! Oh , land of love di- vine ! Father , all - wise , eternal ! Oh , guide these wandering wayworn feet of mine Into those pastures vernal ...
... glory Stream brightly through the azure vault afar , And half reveal the story . Oh , land unknown ! Oh , land of love di- vine ! Father , all - wise , eternal ! Oh , guide these wandering wayworn feet of mine Into those pastures vernal ...
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... all Heaven to thee . Oh , mystic , unspeakable glory ! I linger and listen outside , Though I catch but in echo the faintest , the joy of the un - swelling tide ; But I know thou art there with the har- pers 34 Rosemary and Rue.
... all Heaven to thee . Oh , mystic , unspeakable glory ! I linger and listen outside , Though I catch but in echo the faintest , the joy of the un - swelling tide ; But I know thou art there with the har- pers 34 Rosemary and Rue.
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... like the silence of another country Beyond our ken . Oh , dearest dead , we saw thy white soul shining Behind the face Bright with the beauty and celestial glory Of an immortal grace . What wonder that we stumble , faint and weeping , 40.
... like the silence of another country Beyond our ken . Oh , dearest dead , we saw thy white soul shining Behind the face Bright with the beauty and celestial glory Of an immortal grace . What wonder that we stumble , faint and weeping , 40.
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... glory now . No breaking heart is here , No keen and thrilling pain , No wasted cheek where the frequent tear Has rolled and left its stain . I have found the heaven of joy , I am one of the angel band ; To my head a crown is given And a ...
... glory now . No breaking heart is here , No keen and thrilling pain , No wasted cheek where the frequent tear Has rolled and left its stain . I have found the heaven of joy , I am one of the angel band ; To my head a crown is given And a ...
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... glory each effulgent star ; Say how I loved their luster , —that my name May ever dwell amid their hosts of flame To meet your eyes . Speak of me when my own sweet garden rose On silent stem in moss - clad beauty grows ; I would be ...
... glory each effulgent star ; Say how I loved their luster , —that my name May ever dwell amid their hosts of flame To meet your eyes . Speak of me when my own sweet garden rose On silent stem in moss - clad beauty grows ; I would be ...
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Absalom angel angel song ANONYMOUS beauty beloved blessed bliss blue breast breath bright broken flower brow calm child CHRISTINA ROSSETTI clouds cross crown dark darling dead death doth dreams earth eternal evermore eyes face fair faith feet flowers forever friends give glad gleams gloaming glory God's golden gone Good-night grave grief GUY WETMORE CARRYL happy hath hear heart Heaven heavenly holy hope HORATIUS BONAR hush JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL Jesus kiss land life's light lips Little Boy Blue live lonely look Lord morning mortal vision mother never night o'er pain PHOEBE CARY prayer rest shadows shadows fall shining shore sigh silent sing smile snow song sorrow soul stars strife sweet tears tell tender Thee Thine Thou art Thou knowest thought Thy peace tired to-day toil toy dog twilight voice wait watch weary weep wonder
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Page 165 - And bade me creep past. No! let me taste the whole of it, fare like my peers The heroes of old, Bear the brunt, in a minute pay glad life's arrears Of pain, darkness and cold. For sudden the worst turns the best to the brave, The black minute's at end, And the elements...
Page 340 - But such a tide as moving, seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home.
Page 349 - I know not what the future hath Of marvel or surprise, Assured alone that life and death His mercy underlies. And if my heart and flesh are weak To bear an untried pain, The bruised reed he will not break, But strengthen and sustain.
Page 153 - Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied. We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. For when the morn came dim, and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed, — -she had Another morn than ours.
Page 423 - Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right ; I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With...
Page 56 - There is no death! What seems so is transition; This life of mortal breath Is but a suburb of the life elysian, Whose portal we call Death.
Page 55 - THERE is no flock, however watched and tended But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted...
Page 350 - And so beside the Silent Sea I wait the muffled oar ; No harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on shore. I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care.
Page 348 - I dare not choose my lot ; I would not, if I might ; Choose Thou for me, my God; So shall I walk aright.
Page 278 - O holy hope! and high humility, High as the heavens above! These are your walks, and you have showed them me, To kindle my cold love. Dear, beauteous death! the jewel of the just, Shining nowhere but in the dark, What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark!