Our Home Beyond the Tide, and Kindred PoemsEllen E. Miles D. Bryce, 1878 - 224 Seiten |
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... sweet Of loved ones now on high . How thrills the heart with the thought of tones Which ne'er from our hearts have died , — Of the faces dear which we hope to greet In our home beyond the tide ! Our home is beyond the tide , friend ...
... sweet Of loved ones now on high . How thrills the heart with the thought of tones Which ne'er from our hearts have died , — Of the faces dear which we hope to greet In our home beyond the tide ! Our home is beyond the tide , friend ...
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... sweet , and many blessings Thickly crowd the pilgrim - way : Peace and comfort , like a river , Is our portion day by day . But though earth has many pleasures , And our path is richly blessed , In the soul there is a yearning For the ...
... sweet , and many blessings Thickly crowd the pilgrim - way : Peace and comfort , like a river , Is our portion day by day . But though earth has many pleasures , And our path is richly blessed , In the soul there is a yearning For the ...
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Ellen E. Miles. THE REST . Life is sweet but heaven is sweeter , Earth has joys but heaven the more ; Here is sunshine , but the glory Equals not the radiant shore . Every gleam of light that falleth , Every joy within the breast , Is a ...
Ellen E. Miles. THE REST . Life is sweet but heaven is sweeter , Earth has joys but heaven the more ; Here is sunshine , but the glory Equals not the radiant shore . Every gleam of light that falleth , Every joy within the breast , Is a ...
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... sweet , And rest me at her side . When this earthly life seemed sad and drear , And the surging waves of Time Rolled swift and dark Round my spirit bark , Her words were of faith sublime . And she told me of heaven , the Christian's ...
... sweet , And rest me at her side . When this earthly life seemed sad and drear , And the surging waves of Time Rolled swift and dark Round my spirit bark , Her words were of faith sublime . And she told me of heaven , the Christian's ...
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... sweet , Where the silver stars and the sunbeams meet , Over the silent way . Over the bosom tenderly The pearl - white hands are pressed ; The lashes lie on her cheek so thin , Where the softest blush of the rose hath been , Shutting ...
... sweet , Where the silver stars and the sunbeams meet , Over the silent way . Over the bosom tenderly The pearl - white hands are pressed ; The lashes lie on her cheek so thin , Where the softest blush of the rose hath been , Shutting ...
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angels ANONYMOUS bear beauty better blessed bloom blossoms breath bright brow CHEER child clouds cold coming cross crown dark dead dear death deep draw dreams earth earthly eternal eyes face fade fair faith fall Father Father's fear feet flowers gates glad gleam glorious glory God's golden gone grow hand hath hear heart heaven heavenly hills holy hope hour journey land leads lies Life's light live look Lord lost meet morning mortal mother mountain nearer never night o'er pain passed path peace prayer reach rest river round Seeds seems shadows shining shore side sight silent sing smile song soon sorrow soul sound spirit stand stars step street summer sweet tears tender thee things thou thought tide to-day trust vision voice wait walk watch waters weary wings
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Seite 149 - 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 be heaven's distant lamps.
Seite 148 - 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...
Seite 74 - Heaven is not reached at a single bound ; But we build the ladder by which we rise From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round.
Seite 176 - Who fathoms the Eternal Thought ? Who talks of scheme and plan ? The Lord is God ! He needeth not The poor device of man. I walk with bare, hushed feet the ground Ye tread with boldness shod ; I dare not fix with mete and bound The love and power of God.
Seite 177 - Not mine to look where cherubim And seraphs may not see. But nothing can be good in him Which evil is in me.
Seite 145 - One sweetly solemn thought Comes to me o'er and o'er ; I am nearer home to-day Than I ever have been before ; Nearer my Father's house, Where the many mansions be ; Nearer the great white throne, Nearer the crystal sea ; Nearer the bound of life, Where we lay our burdens down ; Nearer leaving the cross, Nearer gaining the crown.
Seite 66 - THERE is no death ! The stars go down To rise upon some fairer shore ; And bright in heaven's jeweled crown They shine for evermore.
Seite 98 - They cross the stream, and are gone for aye ; We may not sunder the veil apart That hides from our vision the gates of day. We only know that their barks no more May sail with us o'er life's stormy sea ; Yet somewhere, I know, on the unseen shore, They watch, and beckon, and wait for me.
Seite 98 - Over the river, the boatman pale Carried another — the household pet ; Her brown curls waved in the gentle gale — Darling Minnie!
Seite 32 - Let us gather up the sunbeams, Lying all around our path ; Let us keep the wheat and roses, Casting out the thorns and chaff...