 He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. "My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled; "Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where...  Choice Literature...for Intermediate Grades - Page 741898Full view - About this book
 | Christian literature, English - 1847 - 390 pages
...need of these flowerets gay," The reaper said, and smiled : " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. " They shall all bloom in fields...pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she could find them all again In the fields of light above. Oh not in cruelty, not in wrath, The reaper... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Digital images - 1839 - 174 pages
...need of these flowerets gay, The Reaper said, and smiled : Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. They shall all bloom in fields...find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day ; 'T was an angel visited the green earth,... | |
 | American periodicals - 1839 - 584 pages
...need of these flowerets gay,' The Reaper said, and smil'd : ' Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child.' ' They shall all bloom in fields...gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; But she knew she should find them all again, In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not... | |
 | 1839 - 742 pages
...need of these flowers gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once a child. " They shall all bloom in fields...gave in tears and pain The flowers she most did love ; But she knew she should find them all again In the fields of light above. Oh, not in cruelty, not... | |
 | Fashion - 1840 - 540 pages
...Reaper said, and smil'd : " Dear tokens of the earth are they. v. " They shall 'ill bloom in lie Ms of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints upon...their garments white These sacred blossoms wear.** vl. VI. And the mother gave, in tears and pain. The flowers she most did love ; But she knew she should... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1839 - 614 pages
...said, and emil'd : ' Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child.' ' They shall tll bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints upon iheir garments while These sacred blossoms wear.' YI. And the mother gave, in tears and pain, Thu flowers... | |
 | 1853 - 588 pages
...need of these flowrets gay," The Reaper said, and smil'd : " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child." " They shall all bloom in fields...And saints upon their garments white These sacred blosoms wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowrets she most did love ; But she knew... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 280 pages
...need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. " They shall all bloom in fields...find them all again In the fields of light above. 20 * P33) 234 DEMOCRACY. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day ; Twas an angel... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1843 - 184 pages
...need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they Where he was once a child. They shall all bloom in fields...find them all again In the fields of light above. 0 not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day ! 'Twas an Angel visited the green earth,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 174 pages
...need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. " They shall all bloom in fields...find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day ; 'T was an angel visited the green earth,... | |
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