 | 1842 - 488 pages
...Before that time arrived, lieutenant D was himself attacked with fever, and carried to the grave. " Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither...set; but all — Thou hast all seasons for thine own, О Death !" The colonel and his lady had now no alternative but that of adopting or abandoning their... | |
 | Charles Henry Knox - 1842 - 968 pages
...STREET. 1842. SOFTNES S. CHAPTER I. " Leaves have tlieir time to fall, And flowers to wither, at tlie north wind's breath, And stars to set; but all— Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death !" MRS. HEMANS. UK. BOHROWDALE saw at once that nothing but "'c promptest measures would give even... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1842 - 372 pages
...Thou art where foe meets foe, and trumpets rend The skies, and swords beat down the princely crest. 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! THE... | |
 | George B. Scott - 1842 - 354 pages
...sea ; When Autumn's hue shall tinge the golden grain, But who shall teach us when to look for thee ? Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north-wind's breath, And stars to set— hut all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death I"—... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - 1843 - 404 pages
...over the mercy-seat, and all is quietness and assurance for ever. Original. THE MOTHER'S OFFERING. " Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither...all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O death!" DEAR SISTER HAMLI.XE, — My feelings have just been painfully cailed forth by the death of a most... | |
 | Samuel Irenĉus Prime - Christian life - 1843 - 258 pages
...the next may be. When death will come to your house, you know not. He may come to-morrow or to-day. " Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither...all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death !" And this time, so precious, so uncertain, how have you valued and improved it? As if eternity depended... | |
 | Education - 1843 - 582 pages
...thee, Sail nor keel, nor helm, nor oar, Need I, ask I, to explore Thine expanse from shore to shore. Leaves have their time to fall And flowers to wither...— but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, О Death ! I am monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round... | |
 | John Moffat Howe - Methodists - 1843 - 298 pages
...bloom to seize their prey. Leaves have then1 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 !" FEW persons had more rational prospects of a protracted earthly existence than had Mrs. Howe. Her... | |
 | Felicia Dorothea Hemans - 1845 - 360 pages
...decay, And smile at thee — but thou art not of those That wait the ripen'd bloom to seize their prey. Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north-wind's breath, VOL. IV. M And stars to set — but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Ballads, English - 1844 - 188 pages
...And smile at thee ! — but thou art not of those That wait the ripen'd bloom to seize their preyj Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither...all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death ! We know when moons shall wane, When summer-birds from far shall cross the sea, When autumn's hue... | |
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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... 
