 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 he was once a child. "They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted...  Sketches of My School-mates - Page 103by Helen P. Warner - 1856 - 114 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1852 - 256 pages
...leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. Deal1 tokens of the earth arc they, Where He was once a child. '• They shall all...find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day ; 'T was an angel visited the green earth,... | |
 | Mrs. Anderson (Caroline Dorothea), Caroline Dorothea Anderson (hon.) - 1852 - 280 pages
...to God, who had allowed her to enjoy them for a few short years. He had now " resumed them again," " And the mother gave in tears and pain The flowers...find them all again In the fields of light above. " O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day ; 'Twas an angel visited the green earth,... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - English poetry - 1852 - 356 pages
...upon their garments white These sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain. Those flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find them all again In the fields of light above. Oh, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day ; 'Twas an Angel visited the green earth,... | |
 | Samuel Irenæus Prime - Children - 1852 - 172 pages
...sacred flowers wear." And the mother gave, with tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; But she knew she should find them all again In the fields of light above. Oh ! not in cruelty, not in wrath The Reaper came that day ; 'Twas an angel visited the green earth,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1853 - 492 pages
...''" Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear." 6. And the mother gave, in tears and pain. The flowers...find them all again, In the fields of light above. 7. 0, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that clay ; 'T was an angel visited the green earth,... | |
 | John George Hollway - Norway - 1853 - 176 pages
...care, And saints upon their garments white These sacred blossoms wear. And the mother gave, though with tears and pain, The flowers she most did love, She...find them all again In the fields of light above." In the evening we were favoured by a call from a Norwegian gentleman living at Lille-Hammer, who spoke... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1853 - 402 pages
...blossoms wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew that she should find them all again In the fields of light...above. 0, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The reaper oame that day ; Tivits an angel visited the green earth And took the flowers away. VOL. IV. JUNE, 1863.... | |
 | Sacred poetry - 1854 - 268 pages
...tearful eyes, He kiss'd their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise, He bound them in their sheaves. "My Lord has need of these flow'rets gay,"...find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day ; 'Twas an angel visited the green earth,... | |
 | William Gideon Michael Jones Barker - Wensleydale (England) - 1854 - 366 pages
...murder, when being found guilty, he was left for execution, and hanged, drawn, and quartered, at ' My Lord has need of these flow'rets gay,' The Reaper...find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day; ' Twas an angel visited the green earth,... | |
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise ' My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens...find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The reaper came that day; "T was an angel visited the green earth,... | |
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