 The Reaper said, and smiled ; "Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. "They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear.  The Bombay Quarterly Review - Page 1001857Full view - About this book
 | Conduct of life - 1853 - 402 pages
...light, Transplanted by my care ; And saints upon their garments whit'* These sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew that she should find them all again In the fields of light above. 0, not in cruelty, not in wrath,... | |
 | John George Hollway - Norway - 1853 - 176 pages
...care, And saints upon their garments white These sacred blossoms wear. And the mother gave, though with tears and pain, The flowers she most did love, She knew she should find them all again In the fields of light above." In the evening we were favoured by a call from a... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 496 pages
...light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day ; ?T was an angel visited the green earth.... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 580 pages
...light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love; She knew she should find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came... | |
 | William Gideon Michael Jones Barker - Wensleydale (England) - 1854 - 380 pages
...light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white These sacred blossoms wear.' And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came... | |
 | Sacred poetry - 1854 - 268 pages
...light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love, She knew she should find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came... | |
 | Emily Marion Harris - Women - 1854 - 132 pages
...fair promise, though not for this world. How little did we think for what they were ripening — " And the mother gave in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find them all again, In the fields of light above." I trust that no dear child who reads this little... | |
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The reaper came... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1854 - 626 pages
...gay, The Reaper said, and smiled ; Dear tokens of the earth are they Where He was once a child. " And the mother gave, in tears and pain The flowers she most did love, She knew she would find them all again In the fields of light above J." The language of mourners is now that of... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - American poetry - 1855 - 452 pages
...light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave,, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The reaper came... | |
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