 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
 | James Madison MacDonald - Heaven - 1856 - 316 pages
...is Death. "' Shall I have naught that is fair,' saith he; ' Have naught but the bearded grain? ' ' ' He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, ' And the flowers that grow between."1 • 0, it is a delightful thought, that the .blood of .Jesus Christ set them free from the... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...death is very consistent with the enjoyment of every innocent pleasure."—Sturm. THERE is a Eeaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the hearded grain at a hreath, And the flowers that grow hetween. " Shall I have nought that is fair ?"... | |
 | Reading book - 1856 - 352 pages
...making melody in your hearts to the Lord." LESSON 18. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THEBE ia a Eeaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the hearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair?"... | |
 | Rev. William Henry Lewis - Suffering - 1857 - 100 pages
...lived and were the instruments of rendering their existence blessed. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. There is a reaper, whose name is Death, And with his sickle...grow between. ' Shall I have naught that is fair," saith he— " Have naught but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me,... | |
 | St. John's in the Wilderness - 1857 - 166 pages
...should touch them." " And He took them up in His arms, put His hands on them, and blessed them." 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... | |
 | Richard Le Gallienne - American poetry - 1925 - 448 pages
...the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts." The Reaper and the Flowers There is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle...grow between. "Shall I have naught that is fair?" saith he; "Have naught but the bearded grain? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, He... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 408 pages
...sister, Folded close tinder deepening snow. JAMFLS RUSSELL LOWELL. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THEKF. is a Reaper whose name is Death, And, with his sickle...breath, And the flowers that grow between. "Shall 1 have naught that is fair?" saith he ; " Have naught but the liearded grain ? Though the breath of... | |
 | Anna Maria Green Cook - Baldwin County (Ga.) - 1925 - 506 pages
...4, 1876, Mrs. Lou T. Herty, wife of Capt. BR Herty, daughter of Capt. Isaac Holmes, deceased. "There is a reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, An the flowers that grow between." How true in the sad death of Mrs. Herty! She was indeed, as a beautiful... | |
 | 1927 - 984 pages
...because of a sense of filial obligation to her worthy parents ; until she also realized that, "There is a reaper whose name is Death And with his sickle...grain at a breath. And the flowers that grow between. ' ' JACOB FLICKINGER-NANCY HALL II Jacob Flickinycr. b in Stone Valley, 1831, at four passed with his... | |
 | Regions beyond missionary union - 626 pages
...ib. Italy — Mattoi . ib. France — Sagnol 173 America — Hutchinson and Bromley .... ib. " There is a reaper, whose name is death, And with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a hreath And the flowers that grow between." LONGFELLOW. THE main object of our paper is, as its title... | |
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