 Oh! when a mother meets on high The babe she lost in infancy, Hath she not then, for pains and fears, The day of woe, the watchful night, For all her sorrows, all her tears, An over-payment of delight?  The curse of Kehama - Page 108by Robert Southey - 1811Full view - About this book
 | William Bourn Oliver Peabody, Oliver William Bourn Peabody - Sermons, American - 1849 - 416 pages
...heaven's gate, and with bright and glad voices bid her welcome to their own happy home. " O, when the mother meets on high The babe she lost in infancy, — Hath she not then, for all her fears, The day of woe, the sleepless night, For all her sorrows, all her tears, An over-payment... | |
 | William Bourn Oliver Peabody - 1849 - 416 pages
...heaven's gate, and with bright and glad voices bid her welcome to their own happy home. " O, when the mother meets on high The babe she lost in infancy, — Hath she not then, for all her fears, The day of woe, the sleepless night, For all her sorrows, all her tears, An over-payment... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1849 - 578 pages
...toil and care, But the harvest-time of love is there. Oh ! when a mother meets on high The babe, the lost in infancy, Hath she not then, for pains and fears, The day of wo, the anxious night, For all her sorrow, all her tears, AFFLICTION. METHINKS if ye would know How... | |
 | Religious poetry - 1850 - 340 pages
...care, But the harvest-time of Love is there. Oh ! when the mother meets on high The babe she loved in infancy ; Hath she not then, for pains and fears, The day of wo, the watchful night, For all her sorrow, all her tears, An over-payment of delight ! THE ORPHAN'S... | |
 | Child rearing - 1851 - 436 pages
...benevolence does now beat and bleed for the unprotected and the friendless? THE INFANT IN HEAVEN. On ! when a mother meets on high The babe she lost in infancy,...Hath she not then, for pains and fears, The day of wo, the watchful night, For all her sorrow, all her tears, An overpayment of delight ? WATCH, MOTHER,... | |
 | Child rearing - 1851 - 596 pages
...benevolence does now beat and bleed for the unprotected and the friendless? THE INT-ANT IN HEAVEN. OH ! when a mother meets on high The babe she lost in infancy, Hath she not then, for pains and fear*, The day of wo, the watchful night, For all her Borrow, all her tears, An overpayment of delight?... | |
 | Samuel Irenæus Prime - Children - 1852 - 168 pages
...slowly. But all these days of mourning will be ended. And then , comes the meeting and the reward. " 0, when a mother meets on high The babe she lost in infancy, Hath she not then for pains and fears, For all her sorrows, all her tears, An over-payment of delight." So we will wait, hopefully, submissively,... | |
 | Early dead - 1853 - 122 pages
...her Saviour's care and love. WHEN A MOTHER MEETS ON HIGH. Oh ! when a mother meets on high The habe she lost in infancy, Hath she not then for pains and...fears, The day of woe, the watchful night, For all her sorrows, all her tears, An over payment of delight ? — Soutluy. WHERE IS THE SPIRIT GONE ? Answer... | |
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 pages
...meet with thee, and I "will commune with thee from above the mercy seat.—Exodus, xxv. 21. 22. O, WHEN a mother meets on high The babe she lost in infancy,...fears, The day of woe, the watchful night, For all her sorrows, all her tears, An over-payment of delight? Southey. O, 'tis one scene of parting here, Love's... | |
 | Samuel Irenæus Prime - Children - 1854 - 168 pages
...blessed the love that ordered the parting, and permitted the meeting, in the presence of God. " Oh 1 when a mother meets on high The babe she lost in infancy,...Hath she not then, for pains and fears, The day of wo, the watchful night, For all her sorrows, all her tears, An over-payment of delight f" CHAPTER VIII.... | |
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