 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
 | Reading book - 1856 - 352 pages
...shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers...find them all again In the fields of light above. Oh, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Eeaper came that day ; 'Twas an angel visited the green earth,... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...fields of light, Transplanted hy my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred hlossoms wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The...should find them all again In the fields of light ahove. 0 not in cruelty, not in wrath, • The Eeaper came that day ; Twas an angel visited the green... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...light, TranBplanted by my care, A.nd saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear." 23 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 wiath, The Reaper came that day ; 'Twas an angel visited the green earth,... | |
 | Epitaphs, Augustus John Cuthbert HARE - 1856 - 86 pages
...bloom, For beyond the clouds and beyond the tomb, It is there, it is there, my child." MBS. HEMAXS. "THE mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she...find them all again In the fields of light above. " Oh, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Eeaper came that day ; 'Twas an angel visited the green earth,... | |
 | L. A. Holdich - Catechisms - 1856 - 122 pages
...the young and the poor." LESSON XH. THE LITTLE BOAT AND THE YOUNG SAILOR. " And the mother gave, with tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find them all again In the brighter land above." FAR away from us, over the great sea, is a country through which there flows... | |
 | 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...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 Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1857 - 456 pages
...light, ^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 day; 'T was an angel visited the green earth,... | |
 | India - 1857 - 848 pages
...by their fond mother's side, Who lived to love and lose them—then she died." Longfellow:— •' The mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she...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,... | |
 | Rev. William Henry Lewis - Suffering - 1857 - 100 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. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The reaper came that day ; Twas an angel visited the green earth Ami... | |
 | 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...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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