 THE CHANGELING I HAD a little daughter, And she was given to me To lead me gently backward To the Heavenly Father's knee, That I, by the force of nature, Might in some dim wise divine The depth of his infinite patience To this wayward soul of mine.  The North American Review - Seite 443herausgegeben von - 1848Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 Seiten
...the voice of Nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted tires. GRAY. THE DEPARTED DAUGHTER. I had a little daughter, And she was given to me To...her, But to me she was wholly fair, And the light of heaven she came from Gleamed from her eyes and her hair. Aliis ! she was here scarce a twelve-month,... | |
 | Walter Aimwell - 1858 - 262 Seiten
...only truly mourn the dead, who endeavor so to live as to insure a reunion in heaven. THE CHANGELING. I HAD a little daughter, And she was given to me To...infinite patience To this wayward soul of mine. I knew not how others saw her, But to me she was wholly fair, And the light of the heaven she came from... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1858 - 420 Seiten
...above, He is heard to speak through a mother's love. Emily THE CHANGELING. I HAD a little danghter, And she was given to me, To lead me gently backward...His infinite patience To this wayward soul of mine. 1 know not how others saw her, But to me she was wholly fair, And the light of the Heaven she came... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1858 - 426 Seiten
...voice beneath or above, He is heard to speak through a mother's love. Emily Taylor. THE CHANGELING. I HAD a little daughter, And she was given to me, To load me gently backward To the heavenly Father's knee, That I, by the force of nature, Might in some... | |
 | 1865 - 326 Seiten
...the stronger, brighter angel who loved her best, was DEATH. GEORGE W. BETHUNE. 10* THE CHANGELING. HAD a little daughter, And she was given to me To...her, But to me she was wholly fair, And the light of heaven she came from Still lingered and gleamed in her hair ; For it was as wavy and golden, And as... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1866 - 342 Seiten
...spent, One gush of light these eyes will brim, Only to think she came and went. 18 THE CHANGELING. I HAD a little daughter, And she was given to me To...his infinite patience To this wayward soul of mine. 1 know not how others saw her, But to me she was wholly fair, And the light of the heaven she came... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1866 - 340 Seiten
...nearly spent, One gush of light these eyes will brim. Only to think she came and went. THE CHANGELING. I HAD a little daughter, And she was given to me To lead me genuy backward To the Heavenly Father's knee, That I, by the force o'f nature, Might in some dim wise... | |
 | A. S., Anna Shipton - 1866 - 166 Seiten
..."THE FALLING ASLEEP OF OUR FIRST-BORN.' " ' That I, by the force of nature, Might in some dim vise divine The depth of His infinite patience To this wayward soul of mine.' " — Lowell. " He twined round our hearts, as a tendril Encircles a rose-tree's stem ; In the depths... | |
 | Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1872 - 168 Seiten
...the rivers of Babylon we sat down and wept. When he saw the deed, his face burned with indignation. 1 had a little daughter, And she was given to me To...his infinite patience To this wayward soul of mine. RULE XV.— Many Intransitive Verbs take after them a Noun in the Objective Case, when the Noon is... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1872 - 296 Seiten
...— Content to clasp her little grave, And let the world go by. — Overland Monthly. THE CHANGELING. I HAD a little daughter, And she was given to me, To lead me gently onward To the Heavenly Father's knee, That I, by the force of Nature, Might in some dim-wise divine... | |
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