 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
 | John Hullett - 1859 - 528 pages
...(thus i shewed the fruits of discipline.) And then one morning early the reaper came :— " There if 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." The edge of his scythe was rather blunt; and... | |
 | Consolation - 1858 - 328 pages
...gone, And undisturbed she may work on. THE KEÁPER AND THE FLOWEKS. HW LONGFELLOW. THEKE 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... | |
 | Children - 1858 - 240 pages
...hope, Ask for its darling like the bliss of heaven ? MRS. LH SIGOURNEY. THE REAPER. THEBE 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;... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1858 - 752 pages
...achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labur and to wait. THE REAPER AND ТПЕ FU>W£HS. There is a Keeper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the lieardi-d train at a breath. Ami tlit: riowers that grow between. " Shall I have naught that is fair... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1859 - 236 pages
...upon hia feet, and made a parting bow to the gallery. LXV.—THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. 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... | |
 | Joseph Barlow Robinson - Epitaphs - 1859 - 220 pages
...and beauty, could not save; We seek the path she trod before Down to the dark and silent grave. 586. 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. Oh ! not in cruelty, not in wrath, The -Reaper... | |
 | American poetry - 1859 - 142 pages
...This is the place, where human harvests grow! THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. HENRY WADSWORTH 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... | |
 | Patience - 1859 - 132 pages
...purified and illumined her soul, making it at last meet for tl inheritance of the saints in light. 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;... | |
 | Harvey Marriott - 1859 - 284 pages
...reverence melt ? Oh! blest be those dear sons; and blest The home where GOD is felt. THE EEAPEE. HEMANS. 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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 596 pages
...any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour 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 nought that is fair ?" saith he;... | |
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