 I HEAR thee speak of the better land, Thou call'st its children a happy band ; Mother! oh, where is that radiant shore? Shall we not seek it, and weep no more? Is it where the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-flies glance through the myrtle boughs...  The Work of Mrs. Hemans - Page 140by Mrs. Hemans - 1842Full view - About this book
 | Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - 1801 - 368 pages
...ва\acrcrav evSeiv oí S' ¿pwvтeч evSíav j(aípovcr' ô S" ÔpfjiOV ov тroвovaiv elcrúyei. TSE -, The Better Land. I hear thee speak of the better land, Thou callest its children a happy band : Mother, oh where is that radiant shore ; Shall we not seek it,... | |
 | 1830 - 504 pages
...more extract and we have done. It is perhaps the shortest poem in the work, but it is the best : — The Better Land. " I hear thee speak of the better land, Thou callest its children a happy band ; Mother ! oh where is that radiant shore 1 Shall we not seek it,... | |
 | 1828 - 594 pages
...Shelburne, Ms. Sermon by Rev. President Humphrey, from Eccles. .vi. Ifc. THE BETTER LAND. BT MRS. REMANS. I hear thee speak of the better land, Thou call'st...happy band ; Mother ! oh, where is that radiant shore ?— Shall we not seek it and weep no more? — Is it where the flower of the orange blows, And the... | |
 | 1826 - 570 pages
...than of the poet. We may add. as a fit companion to these lines, ' The Better Land,' by Mrs. Hemans. ' "I hear thee speak of the better land, Thou call'st...happy band ; Mother ! oh, where is that radiant shore ? Shall we not seek it, and weep no more ? — Is it where the flower of the orange blows, And the... | |
 | 1826 - 390 pages
...sufferings," was her only answer. The Better Land, by Mrs. Hemans, shall form our next extract : — " I hear thee speak of the better land, Thou call'st its children a happy hand ; Mother ! Oh, where is that radiant shore ?— Shall we not seek it, and weep no more ? — Is... | |
 | 1828 - 588 pages
...our Correspondent who sent u* these beautiful tines of Mrs. Hemans.) Child.—I HEAR thee speak of a better land, * ' Thou call'st its children a happy band ; Mother! oh where is that radiant shore? Shall we not seck it, and weep no more? And the fire-flies glance through the myrtle boughs ? Mother.—Not... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 228 pages
...the conquerors home ! Brine wreaths for every shrine ! lo: they come, they come ! THE BETTER LAM). " I HEAR thee speak of the better land, Thou call'st its children a happy hand ; Mother ! oh, where is that radiant shore ? Shall we not seek it, and weep no more ? Is it where... | |
 | Mrs. Hemans - 1828 - 216 pages
...lo ! they come, they come ! THE BETTER LAND. <! I HEAR tliee speak of the belter land, Thou call's! its children a happy band ; Mother ! oh where is that radiant shore ? Shall we not seek it, and weep no more ? Is it where the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-flies... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1828 - 320 pages
...LESSON XXXVI. The Better Land.—Mna. HBM'ANS. *' I HEAR thee speak of the better land; Thou call's! its children a happy band ; Mother! oh, where is that radiant shore ?— Shall we not seek it, and weep no more ?— Is it where the flower of the orange blows, And the... | |
 | 1828 - 814 pages
...love thee and adore, Oh for grace to love thee more I Camper. THE BETTER LAND. ' I hear thee apeak of the better land, Thou call'st its children a happy band ; Mother ! O where is that radiant shore ? — Shall we not seek it, and weep no more ? — Is it where the... | |
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