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... American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 131839Full view - About this book
| Primitive Baptists - 1851 - 524 pages
...bound them in his sheaves* " My Lord has need of the flowrets gay," The Reaper said, end smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once...gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should rind them all again In the fields of light above. 0, not in cruelty, not in wrath,... | |
| Samuel Prout Newcombe - 1851 - 398 pages
...bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord has need of these dowrets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once...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. Oh, not in cruelty, not in... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord hath need of these flowrets gay," The Heaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, " Where he was...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,... | |
| Heavenly thoughts - 1851 - 318 pages
...of these flow'rets gay ;" The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, WhereHe was once a child. " They shall all bloom in fields...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... | |
| Gems - 1851 - 206 pages
...flow'rets gay," The reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, " Where once He was a child. " They shall all bloom in fields of light,...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. Oh, not in cruelty, not in... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...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 he was once...by my care ; And saints, upon their garments white, And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love; She knew she should find them... | |
| lady Avice (fict. name.) - 1851 - 326 pages
...Straight is the line of Duty ; Walk by the last, and thou shall see The other ever followeth thee !" " And the mother gave in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should meet them all again, In the fields of light above." LONGFELLOW. AVICE, too, had... | |
| Ann Jane - 1851 - 964 pages
...give them all back again. My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once a child." Oh! what have we looked on since last we met ? We have seen disease, desolation, and death—anxious... | |
| 1851 - 268 pages
...lines that say — " My Lord hath need of these flowrets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled. " Sweet tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once a child."* But even if not taken when children, men must soon die ; the winter of old age must come at last to... | |
| Choice descriptive poetry - 1852 - 112 pages
...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 he was once...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,... | |
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