| 1842 - 488 trang
...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... | |
| Westland Marston - 1842 - 168 trang
...to song Ceaseless melodies belong. To a Universal Love Earth reflects the World above ! THE DEAD. " Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither...— but all — Thou hast all seasons for thine own, Oh, Death !" MRS. HEMANS. Go to the high and ancient founts, Go to the lonely woods, Go where the crag-throned... | |
| Charles Henry Knox - 1842 - 968 trang
...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 trang
...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 trang
...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"—... | |
| Samuel Irenæus Prime - 1843 - 258 trang
...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... | |
| 1843 - 404 trang
...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... | |
| 1843 - 582 trang
...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 - 1843 - 298 trang
...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 trang
...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,... | |
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