 | 1874 - 610 pages
...; The seed he planted here now blooms in heaven. Forgive blest shade the tributary tear That mourns thy exit from a world like this ; Forgive the wish that would have kept thee here, And stayed thy progress to the realms of bliss. f Mourn not your loved ones, foe they fly At death to mansions... | |
 | James Briddon - 1875 - 128 pages
...as being set to music by Dr. Calcott : — " Forgive, blest shade, the tributary tear, That mourns thy exit from a world like this ; Forgive the wish...here, And stay'd thy progress to the seats of bliss," fitc. In the High-street, close to the Church gates, stands the old Town Hall, which is seldom used... | |
 | Henry Irwin Jenkinson - 1876 - 230 pages
...composer, when residing at St. John's, near Ryde : " Forgive, blest shade, the tributary tear, That mourns thy exit from a world like this; Forgive the wish...progress to the seats of bliss. " No more confined to grov'ling scenes of night, No more a tenant pent in mortal clay ; We rather now should hail thy glorious... | |
 | Legh Richmond - Children - 1876 - 74 pages
...exceedingly gratifying to me. EPITAPH ON MES. AB Forgive, blest shade, the tributary tear That mourns thy exit from a world like this ; Forgive the wish that would have kept thee here, And stayed thy progress to the seats of bliss. No more confined to grov'lling scenes of night, No more... | |
 | E. Clere - 1877 - 338 pages
...had been selected by the songstress were — " Forgive, blest shade, the tributary tear That mourns thy exit from a world like this ; Forgive the wish...progress to the seats of bliss. " No more confined to grov'ling scenes of night, No more a tenant pent in mortal clay ; Now should we rather hail thy glorious... | |
 | Alan Benjamin Cheales - 1877 - 192 pages
...Rev. J. Gill, and are on a monument at Brading. Forgive, blest shade ! the tributary tear That mourns thy exit from a world like this ! Forgive the wish that would have kept thee here, And stayed thy progress to the seats of bliss. No more confined to grovelling scenes of night, No more... | |
 | Bible Christians - 1877 - 704 pages
...he rejoiceth. We weep, but, weeping, say:— « " Forgive blest shade the tributary tear That mourns thy exit from a world like this ; Forgive the wish that would have kept thee here, And stayed thy progress to the seats of bliss. No more confined to grovelling scenes of night, No more... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - Catacombs - 1877 - 234 pages
...wrote the exquisite epitaph beginning,—* " Forgive, blest shade I the tributary tear That mourns thy exit from a world like this ; Forgive the wish that would have kept thee here. And stayed thy progress to the seats of bliss." And is it not natural for the dying to ask the prayers... | |
 | Anthems - 1878 - 104 pages
...6. 39Burial. John Wall Callcott, 1821. RGIVE, blest shade, the tributary CHORUs. tear, That mourns thy exit from a world like this ; Forgive the wish...have kept thee here, And stay'd thy progress to the seat of bliss. No more confin'd to grov'ling scenes of night, No more a tenant pent in mortal clay,... | |
 | Bible Christians - 1878 - 598 pages
...stayed thy progress to the seats of bliss. No more confined to grovelling scenes of night, That mourns thy exit from a world like this ; Forgive the wish that would have kept thee here, No more a tenant pent in mortal clay; Now should we rather hail thy glorious flight, And track thy... | |
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Forgive, blest shade, the tributary tear, That mourns thy exit from a world like this ; Forgive the wish that would have kept thee here, And stayed thy progress to the seats of bliss • No more confined to grov'ling scenes of night, No more a tenant... 
