 | 1845 - 648 psl.
...by the hearth-fire's light ; We pause beside her door to hear Once more her sweet " Good night ! " There seems a shadow on the day Her smile no longer...hath reconciled ; That He whose love exceedeth ours Has taken home His child. Fold her, oh Father! in thine arms, And let her henceforth be A messenger... | |
 | 1846 - 302 psl.
...by the hearth-fire's light; We pause beside her door to hear Once more her sweet •• Good night!" There seems a shadow on the day, Her smile no longer...hath reconciled ; That he whose love exceedeth ours Fold her, oh Father ! in thine arms, And let her henceforth be A messenger of love between Our human... | |
 | 1852 - 798 psl.
...more her sweet " Goo4 mg\A." There seems a shadow in the day, Her smile no longer cheers, A dimness ou the stars of night Like eyes that look through tears. Alone unto our Father's will Our thoughts were reconciled ; That He whose love exceedeth ours Had taken home his child. Fold her,... | |
 | 1849 - 478 psl.
...her sphere, To give to heaven a shining one, Who walked an angel here. 3 Unto our Father's will alone One thought hath reconciled ; That He whose love exceedeth ours Hath taken home his child. 4 Fold her, O Father, in thine arms, And let her henceforth be A messenger of love between Our human... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 psl.
...And by the hearth-fire's light; We pause beside her door to hear Once more her sweet " Good night! " There seems a shadow on the day, Her smile no longer...One thought hath reconciled — That He whose love oxceedeth ours Hath taken home his child. Fold her, oh Father ! in thine arms, And let her henceforth... | |
 | J. B. Syme - 1852 - 196 psl.
...light; We pause beside her door to hear Once more her sweet " Good night." There seems a shadow in the day, Her smile no longer cheers ; A dimness on...that look through tears. Alone unto our Father's will Our thoughts were reconciled ; That he whose love exceedeth ours Hath taken home his child. Fold her,... | |
 | Frederic Henry Hedge, Frederic Dan Huntington - 1853 - 674 psl.
...her sphere, To give to heaven a shining one, Who walked an angel here. 3 Unto our Father's will alone One thought hath reconciled ; That he whose love exceedeth ours Hath taken home his child. 4 Fold her, O Father, in thine arms, And let her henceforth be A messenger of love between Our human... | |
 | 1854 - 440 psl.
...earth, that they are withdrawn from sight that they may ripen there." Unto our Father's will alone One thought hath reconciled ; That He whose love exceedeth ours Hath taken home his child. T* Fold her, O Father, in thine arms. And let her henceforth be A messenger of love between Our human... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1855 - 690 psl.
...And by the hearth-fire's light; We pause beside her door to hear Once more her sweet " Good night! " There seems a shadow on the day, Her smile no longer...One thought hath reconciled — That He whose love cxceedeth our« Hath taken home his child. Fold her, oh Father ! in thine arms, And let her henceforth... | |
 | Boston Sunday School Teachers Institute - 1862 - 130 psl.
...her sphere, To give to heaven a shining one, Who walked an angel hero. 3 Unto our Father's will alone One thought hath reconciled; That he whose love exceedeth ours Hath taken home his child. 4 Fold her, 0 Father in thine arms, And let her henceforth be A messenger of love between Our human... | |
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Alone unto our Father's will One thought hath reconciled : That He whose love exceedeth ours Hath taken home his child. Fold her, O Father ! in thine arms. And let her henceforth be A messenger of love between Our human hearts and thee. 
