 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pagine
...upon the bier Is not worth a wistful tear. 'Tis an empty sea-shell, — one Out of which the pearl is gone; The shell is broken, it lies there; The pearl, the all, the soil, is here. 'Tis an earthen jar, whose lid Allah sealed, Ibe while it hid That treasure of his treasury,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 pagine
...upon the bier Is not worth a wistful tear. 'Tis an empty *ea-shell, — one Out of whieh the pearl is gone ; The shell is broken, it lies there ; The pearl, the all, the soul, is here. T is an earthen jar, whose lid Allah sealed, the while it hid That treasure of bis treasury, A mind... | |
 | Giles Badger Stebbins - 1877 - 276 pagine
...and dry Straightway every weeping eye. What ye lift upon the bier Is not worth a single tear. 'Tis an empty sea-shell, one Out of which the pearl has...earthen jar, whose lid Allah sealed the while it hid That treasure of his treasury, — A mind that loved him : let it lie ; Let the shard be earth's once... | |
 | 1877 - 448 pagine
...weeping eye ; What ye lift upon the bier Is not worth a single tear. 'Tis an empty sea-shell — one Otit of which the pearl has gone ; The shell is broken—...earthen jar whose lid Allah sealed, the while it hid That_ treasure of his treasury, A mind that -loved him ; lot it lie ! Let the shard be earth's once... | |
 | Mary Wilder Tileston - 1877 - 348 pagine
...lift upon the bier Is not worth a single tear. 'Tis an empty sea-shell, one Out of which the pearl is gone ; The shell is broken, it lies there ; The pearl,...earthen jar, whose lid Allah sealed, the while it hid That treasure of his treasury, A mind that loved Him : let it lie ; Let the shards be earth once more,... | |
 | George Melville Baker - 1878 - 122 pagine
...and dry Straightway every weeping eye. What we lift upon the bier Is not worth a single tear : 'Tis an empty sea-shell, —one Out of which the pearl...earthen jar whose lid Allah sealed, the while it hid That treasure of his treasury,— A mind that loved him: let it lie. .Let the shard be earth's once... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 290 pagine
...and dry Straightway every weeping eye : What ye lift upon the bier Is not worth a single tear. 'T is an empty sea-shell, — one Out of which the pearl...lies there; The pearl, the all, the soul, is here. 'T is an earthen jar, whose lid Allah sealed, the while it hid That treasure of his treasury, A mind... | |
 | 1880 - 138 pagine
...and dry Straightway every weeping eye. What ye lift upon the bier Is not worth a single tear. 'Tis an empty sea-shell, — one Out of which the pearl...earthen jar, whose lid Allah sealed, the while it hid That treasure of his treasury, A mind that loved him ; let it lie ! Let the shard be earth's once more,... | |
 | John Wesley Hanson - 1880 - 340 pagine
...and dry Straightway every weeping eye What ye lift upon the bier Is not worth a wistful tear. 'Tis an empty sea-shell — one Out of which the pearl...earthen jar whose lid Allah sealed, the while it hid That treasure of his treasury, A mind that loved him ; let it lie Let the shard be earth's once more,... | |
 | Sir Edwin Arnold - 1880 - 276 pagine
...upon the bier Is not worth a wistful tear. 'Tis an empty sea-shell, — one Out of which the pearl is gone ; The shell is broken, it lies there ; The pearl,...earthen jar, whose lid Allah sealed, the while it hid That treasure of his treasury, A mind that loved him ; let it lie I Let the shard be earth's once more,... | |
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Tis an empty sea-shell — one Out of which the pearl has gone; The shell is broken — it lies there, The pearl, the all, the soul, is here 'Tis an earthen jar, whose lid Allah sealed, the while it hid That treasure of his treasury, A mind that loved... 
