 The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal — every other affliction to forget ; but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open — this affliction we cherish and brood over in...  The Literary Emporium - Page 281847Full view - About this book
 | Alfred Ayres - English language - 1881 - 238 pages
...would be : ' other objects that we have not occasion to speak of so frequently, we do not,' etc. " ' Sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced ' : ' the only sorrow (that) we refuse to be divorced from! " ' Why, there is not a single sentence... | |
 | S. G. Lathrop - Christian life - 1881 - 422 pages
...other wound we seek to heal ; every other affliction to forget ; but this wound we consider it our duty to keep open ; this affliction we cherish and brood over in secret. Where is the mother who would willingly forget the infant that perished like a blossom from... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 712 pages
...sensual desire, and returns, like a holy flame, to illumine and sanctify the heart of the survivor. The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which...affliction to forget ; but this wound we consider it a duly to keep open — this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude. Where is the mother who... | |
 | Grand Army of the Republic. Department of Oregon - 1882 - 22 pages
...and members of the GAR, Ladies and Gentlemen: "The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from whicn we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek...consider it a duty to keep open ; this affliction we brood over in solitude. Where is the mother who would willingly forget the infant that perished like... | |
 | Marcius Willson - Readers (Elementary) - 1882 - 558 pages
...processions, and planting them at the graves of departed friends. III. — Sorrow for the Dead. 1. The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to bo divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal, every other affliction to forget; but this wound we... | |
 | Washington Irving - Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) - 1882 - 550 pages
...sensual desire, and returns, like a holy flame, to illumine and sanctify the heart of the survivor. The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to he divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal — every other affliction to forget ; but this wound... | |
 | George Duffield, Samuel Willoughby Duffield - Funeral service - 1883 - 182 pages
...10. When ours is "the sorrow of the world, that worketh death." 2 Cor. vii. 10 : Prov. xvii. 22. " Sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which...affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude." — Irving. "There is a kind of delight in sorrow," says Seneca. Yes, there is, but it is a subtile... | |
 | Otis Henry Tiffany - Anthologies - 1883 - 954 pages
...life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary. SORROW FOR THE DEAD. WASHINGTON IRVING. sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which...forget ; but this wound we consider it a duty to keep 1 open ; this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude. Where • is the mother who would willingly... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1883 - 74 pages
...Before I invite you into my society and friendship, I will be open and sincere with you. — Addison. 3. The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to bo divorced. — Irving. 4. Is it possible for people, without scruple, to oflend against the law which... | |
 | Christian Brothers - Readers - 1884 - 516 pages
...BEFUSE, DIVORCED; and among these: THE DEAD, ONI.Y, BEFUSE, call for more particular emphasis. Thus, "The SORROW for THE DEAD is the ONLY SORROW from which we REFUSE to be DIVORCED," would suggest a proper reading, the emphasis being in proportion to the capitalizing. In the following... | |
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