 I have nought that is fair?" saith he; "Have nought but the bearded grain? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves; It was for the...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 131839Full view - About this book
 | Enoch Lewis, Samuel Rhoads - Society of Friends - 1848 - 856 pages
...sinful trade ? — Nat. Temp. C/iron. Selected for Friendi' Review. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. There is a reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, H« reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. "Shall I have nought that... | |
 | J. S. A. - 1849 - 274 pages
...grownup people. But now you shall hear the poem speak for itself : — THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. There is a Reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle...breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ?" saith he ; " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of... | |
 | M. A. H. - Children in literature - 1849 - 160 pages
...Mourner. (Extract.). .. Charles Mackay 138 Resignation Longfellow 141 THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper whose name is Death, And, with his sickle...breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have naught that is fair ? " saith he, — " Have naught but the bearded grain ? Though the breath... | |
 | 1854 - 672 pages
...rear, And bear through every fear, — Him trust. SELECTED POETRY. THE REAPER AXD THE FLOWERS. THERE is a reaper, whose name is Death, And with his sickle...breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have naught that is fair ? " saith he, " Have naught but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of... | |
 | 1850 - 560 pages
...our Schoels, is the earnest desire of Your sincere friend, o YETTA. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. There is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And with his sickle...Shall 1 have nought that is fair?" saith he; " Have nonght but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...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...breath, And the flowers that, grow between. " Shall I have naught that is fair ?" saith he ; "Have naught but the bearded grain? Though the breath of these... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 500 pages
...; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. 8 THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle...breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ? " saith he ; " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of... | |
 | Thomas Powell - American literature - 1850 - 382 pages
...of this, some otherwise very fine lines which are spoiled by this obtrusive subjectiveness. " There is a reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle...grain 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... | |
 | Thomas Powell - American literature - 1850 - 384 pages
...of this, some otherwise very fine lines which are spoiled by this obtrusive subjectiveness. " There is a reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle...grain 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... | |
 | Anne Marsh-Caldwell - 1850 - 312 pages
...his head, and carrying his great coat upon his arm.' CHAPTER XII. There is a Reaper, whose name ia Death, And with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. LONGFELLOW. HE hastened to Portugal-street, in which quiet street Selwyn had lately taken up his residence.... | |
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