 I have naught that is fair ?" saith he ; "Have naught but the bearded grain? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me I will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the...  Bentley's Miscellany - Page 4801839Full view - About this book
 | Choice descriptive poetry - 1852 - 112 pages
...of a moment, leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. YOUNG. THE REAPER AND THE ANGELS. THEEE is a Reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, 84 " Shall I have nought that is fair ?" said he, " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the... | |
 | Tom (uncle, pseud) - 1852 - 368 pages
...the look of my keen sickle ; never fear that I shall hurt thee with it ; the poet sings — " There is a reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain as a breath And the flowers that grow between." (To be continued..) 355 ijmrl Cjjapto ra fitglwjj THE... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...fato; Rtill achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle...breath, And the flowers that grow between. "Shall I have nought that is fair?" saith he; " Have nought but the bearded grain ! Though the breath of these flowers... | |
 | Martha Noyes Williams - Suffering - 1853 - 292 pages
...listens for thy call ; And slowly, slowly as she knits, THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. HW LONGFELLOW. THERE is a Reaper whose name is Death, And, with his sickle...And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ? " saith he ; " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 504 pages
...fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle...And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ? " saith he ; " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these... | |
 | Society for Irish church missions - 1858 - 202 pages
...this. One is about God, and the other is about yourselves — find out what they are. THE REAPER. THERE is a reaper whose name is death, And with his sickle...grain at a breath And the flowers that grow between. He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, And kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...Milton. EEAPERS. AROUND him ply the reapers' band, With lightsome heart and eager hand. Pringle. There is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And with his sickle...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. Longfelloie. I love, I love to see Bright steel gleam through the land; 'Tis a goodly sight, but it... | |
 | Sacred poetry - 1854 - 268 pages
...like thine earliest dew Thy dying sweets may prove. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. By LONGFELLOW. THERE is a Reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle...And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair? " saith he, " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers... | |
 | William Gideon Michael Jones Barker - Wensleydale (England) - 1854 - 366 pages
...those many occasions of sin which, in maturer years, cause our weakness so frequently to fall. " There is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle...And the flowers that grow between. ' Shall I have nought that is fair ?' said he; ' Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers... | |
 | Mary Alicia Taylor - 1854 - 410 pages
...when the merry group dispersed to join their mother and uncle in the dining-room. CHAPTER IX. " There is a reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between." LADY HETHERINGTON had changed her intention of going, as she had proposed, that day to Summerfield,... | |
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