 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 eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves, It was for the Lord of Paradise'...  The Living Authors of America: 1st ser - Page 164by Thomas Powell - 1850 - 365 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Ballads, English - 1844 - 188 pages
...sinner's stay, Though heaven and earth shall pass away ! •WALTER SCOTT. rap »£l)c llcapcr ani) tlje J THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. "Shall I have nought that is fair," saith he:... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1844 - 492 pages
...that; and yet he chafed it still, and cou not lay it down. LESSON LXXI. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. 1. There is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. 2. " Shall I have nought that is fair?" saith... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - 1844 - 274 pages
...flowers, wreathed by infant hai Rested upon the stone." THE REAPER AND THE FLOWEB BY HW LONGFELLOW. There is a Reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ?" saith he,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1845 - 46 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 his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have naught that is fair? " saith he;... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1847 - 136 pages
...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 keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have naught that is fair! " saith he;... | |
 | 1847 - 490 pages
...submissively, and willingly, when he requires it at your hands, give to God what God has given to you : " There is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " ' Shall I have nought that is fair!' saith... | |
 | L E. P - 1847 - 226 pages
...both her companions. She then read to them the following lines :— " THE KEAPEE AND THE FLOWERS.* " There is a Reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. ' Shall I have nought that is fair ?' saith he;... | |
 | Robert Northmore Greville - English poetry - 1848 - 434 pages
...from shore, For they who meet in glory never part. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. PROFESSOR LONGFELLOW. THERE is a Reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ?" saith he—... | |
 | William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 pages
...In the long way that I must tread alone, Will lead my steps aright. THE KKA I'Ki; AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a reaper whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. Bryant. " Shall I have nought that is fair ?"... | |
 | Robert Northmore Greville - English poetry - 1848 - 434 pages
...they who meet in glory never part. THE EEAPEE AND THE FLOWEES. PROFESSOR LONGFELLOW. THERE is a Eeaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ?" saith he—... | |
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