happiness and rest

Example Sentences

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And when the looked-for day Of happiness and rest Has come, we both shall say "God truly knew the best."

From The Song of the Exile—A Canadian Epic by Skeats, Wilfred S.

As regards my present happiness and rest in this world they will be so.

From The Claverings by Trollope, Anthony

Take our loves instead— Most freely, truly, and devoutly given; Our prayer for blessings on that gentle head, For earthly happiness and rest in Heaven!

From Roundabout Papers by Thackeray, William Makepeace

And when thy youthful beauty leaves,  And youthful thoughts thy breast, May thou in calm old age still live,  In happiness and rest.

From Canada and Other Poems by Young, T. F. (Thomas Frederick)

That for you I had good tidings; that though death was all about you, you need not fear; that in this place you who had known great sorrow should find happiness and rest.

From Benita, an African romance by Haggard, Henry Rider