 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
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1860 - 514 pages
...Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, 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... | |
 | Elementary books - 1860 - 270 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... | |
 | Advanced reading book - Readers - 1860 - 458 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... | |
 | Emily Chubbuck Judson - Missions - 1860 - 246 pages
...strength and vigour. CHAPTER VII. LITTLE SARAH. * He gazed at the flowers with tearfnl eyes. He kips' d 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 a... | |
 | William Oscar Perkins, Henry Southwick Perkins - School songbooks - 1830 - 230 pages
...me, I will | give-, them | hack n- i gain." 3 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. 4 " My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper | said, and | smiled ; Dear tokens of the... | |
 | Matilda Betham-Edwards - 1861 - 152 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... | |
 | Children in literature - 1861 - 236 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 Keaper said, and smiled : " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1861 - 912 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... | |
 | American poetry - 1861 - 144 pages
...sweet to me, I will give them all baek 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 onee... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 pages
...any 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...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 once was... | |
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