 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...  Bentley's Miscellany - Page 4801839Full view - About this book
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...Lord of Paradise He hound them in his sheaves. " My Lord hath need of these flowrets gay," The Eeaper said, and smiled; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, " Where he was once a child. " They shall all hloom in fields of light, Transplanted hy my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred... | |
 | St. John's in the Wilderness - 1857 - 166 pages
...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...their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day. 'Twas an angel visited the green earth,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers (Elementary) - 1857 - 242 pages
...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...their garments white. These sacred blossoms wear." She knew she should find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath,... | |
 | Consolation - 1857 - 222 pages
...It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord hath need of these flow'rets gay," The reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens...Where he was once a child. "They shall all bloom in the field of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms... | |
 | Grafted trees - 1857 - 164 pages
...command, to come to us sometimes to say, as a poet sweetly sings, " ' My Lord hath need of these flowrets gay,' The reaper said, and smiled ; Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once a child." Jesus, however, does not gather all his plants early ; some he wants to remain in his earthly garden,... | |
 | 1857 - 372 pages
...world below. To every bereaved parent he addresses these words : — ' They shall all bloom in worlds of light. Transplanted by my care ; And saints, upon...their garments white. These sacred blossoms wear. Olí I not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day ; Tivas an nngel risked the green earth,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1857 - 456 pages
...his ^sheaves. 4. " My Lord has need of these tflowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smil'd ; " Dear t tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. 5. " They shall all bloom in the fields of light, ^Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their... | |
 | Walter Aimwell - Children - 1858 - 262 pages
...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...their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear." 3* And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1858 - 292 pages
...It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord hath need of these flow'rets gay," The reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens...shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by his care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear." And tie mother gave,... | |
 | Children - 1858 - 298 pages
...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, Where he was once a child. "They all shall bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care ; And saints upon their garments white,... | |
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