 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
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 500 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... | |
 | 1850 - 560 pages
...our Schoels, is the earnest desire of Your sincere friend, o YETTA. 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 1 have nought that is fair?" saith he; " Have nonght but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these... | |
 | Thomas Powell - American literature - 1850 - 384 pages
...of this, some otherwise very fine lines which are spoiled by this obtrusive subjectiveness. " 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, He kissed their drooping leaves, It was for the... | |
 | Anne Marsh-Caldwell - 1850 - 312 pages
...upon his head, and carrying his great coat upon his arm/ CHAPTER XII. There is a Reaper, whose name ia Death, And with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. LONGFELLOW. HE hastened to Portugal-street, in which quiet street Selwyn had lately taken up his residence.... | |
 | Thomas Powell - American literature - 1850 - 386 pages
...of this, some otherwise very fine lines which are spoiled by this obtrusive subjectiveness. " There is a reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded gram at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. * * * * " He gazed at the flowers with tearful... | |
 | Thomas Powell - American literature - 1850 - 382 pages
...of this, some otherwise very fine lines which are spoiled by this obtrusive subjectiveness. " There is a reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded gram at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. * * * * " He gazed at the flowers with tearful... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Gift books - 1850 - 644 pages
...lightsome heart and eager hand. Pringle. There is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And with his siekle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. LongfeUow's Poems. 37* REASON. He that is of reason's skill bereft, And wants the staff of wisdom him... | |
 | Heavenly thoughts - 1851 - 318 pages
...I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid ; thou hast loosed my bonds."—Ps. cxvi. 16. There is a reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle...that 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... | |
 | Gems - 1851 - 206 pages
...pleasant, Cometh soon our Holiday. Work away! Dlckem's Household Words. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWER. 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 those flowers is sweet to... | |
 | Primitive Baptists - 1851 - 526 pages
...was, byrepeated miracles of the same kind, continued. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THESE is areaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He...that grow between. " Shall I have naught that is fair ?" saith he ; • - Have naught but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers in sweet... | |
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