 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...  Sketches of My School-mates - Page 102by Helen P. Warner - 1856 - 114 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sacred poetry - 1854 - 268 pages
...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...It was for the Lord of Paradise, He bound them in their sheaves. "My Lord has need of these flow'rets gay," The Reaper said and smiled ; " Dear tokens... | |
 | 1854 - 362 pages
...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 Lord of Paradise...bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper sajd, and smiled; " Dear tokens of the earth are they Where he was once... | |
 | Edwin Davies (D.D.) - Bereavement - 1854 - 156 pages
...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 Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves." DEATH is in the world : this is as clear as the sun in the sky. It is also equally clear that all,... | |
 | William Gideon Michael Jones Barker - Wensleydale (England) - 1854 - 366 pages
...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 Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. have observed an enumeration of the distinguished individuals produced by the baronial House of Scrope... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 580 pages
...sweet to rae, I will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in bis sheaves. „My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Eeaper eaid, and smiled; ,,Dear tokens... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 568 pages
...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 Lord of Paradise...bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of tho earth are they, Where he was once... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 264 pages
...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 Lord of Paradise...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... | |
 | Charlotte Phillips - English poetry - 1855 - 188 pages
...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 Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord hath need of these flowerets gay," The reaper said and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they,... | |
 | Fanny Fern - American literature - 1855 - 346 pages
...breath ; And the flowers that grow between. ' He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He raised their drooping leaves, It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. ' Oh not in cruelty, "not in wrath, The Reaper came that day j 'Twas an angel visited the green earth... | |
 | United States - 1855 - 560 pages
...again." "I would far sooner deal with those." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, Iffl-issed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise, He bound them i " My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth... | |
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