 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 by my care, And saints upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear.  The Bombay Quarterly Review - Page 1001857Full view - About this book
 | Patience - 1859 - 132 pages
...light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The 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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1859 - 812 pages
...light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The 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... | |
 | Harvey Marriott - 1859 - 284 pages
...Transplanted by my care ; And saints upon their garments white, • These sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find them all again In the fields of life above. 0, not in anger, not in wrath, The reaper came that... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 724 pages
...light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she could find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper... | |
 | P.P. - London. - Bentley's Miscellany - 1859 - 300 pages
...light, Transplanted by my care, And saints upon their garments white These sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave in 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... | |
 | Elementary books - 1860 - 270 pages
...light, Transplanted by my care ; And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The 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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1860 - 506 pages
...light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came... | |
 | Augustus Charles Thompson - Children - 1860 - 82 pages
...gay,' The reaper said and smiled ; ' Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where ho was once a child." And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find them all again, In the" fields of light above. IV. Do we object to the time ? does it seem too... | |
 | Virginia De Forrest - Anthologies - 1860 - 368 pages
...light, Transplanted by my care ; And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The 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... | |
 | Advanced reading book - Readers - 1860 - 458 pages
...light, Transplanted by my care ; And saints upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The 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... | |
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