 He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; 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...  Light on Little Graves - Page 851848 - 144 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1847 - 390 pages
...sweet to me, I will give them all back again." He gazed at the flc wers with tearful eyes, He kiss'd their drooping leaves ; 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,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1839 - 174 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 1839 - 584 pages
...grain ? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again' He gazed al the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping...of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. ' My Lord has need of these flowerets gay,' The Reaper said, and smil'd : ' Dear tokens of the earth are they,... | |
 | 1840 - 540 pages
...Thomrh the breath of these flowers Is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." in. He razed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping...the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. IV. " My Lord has need of these flowerets pay," The Reaper said, and smil'd : " Dear tokens of the... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1839 - 708 pages
...will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, And kiss'd their tremulous leaves; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord has need of these flowers gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they,... | |
 | 1839 - 742 pages
...will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, And kiss'd their tremulous leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord has need of these flowers gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they,... | |
 | 1853 - 588 pages
...? Though the breath of their flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes ; He kissed their drooping...the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. "MylLord has need of these flowrets gay," The Reaper said, and smil'd : " Dear tokens of the earth... | |
 | 1876 - 302 pages
...you can repeat the verses. He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, And he kissed their tremulous leaves; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. ' My Lord hath need of these flowers gay,' The reaper said, and smiled; 'Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once a... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 174 pages
...? 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...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,... | |
 | 1843 - 184 pages
...? 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...the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. " The Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth... | |
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