 I have naught that is fair ?" saith he ; "Have naught 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...  Bentley's Miscellany - Page 4801839Full view - About this book
 | 1847 - 390 pages
...than God has some work to do either by him or upon him ? M. Henry. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle...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 these flowers... | |
 | 1840 - 882 pages
...commend the volume, to all lovers of the beautirJ— of trae poetry. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. There is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He naps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. Stall I have nought that is... | |
 | 1870 - 726 pages
...thoughts, to dream of Oscar Temple lying dead as I had seen him but a few short months ago. " There is a reaper, whose name is Death, And with his sickle...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between." PARAPHRASED FROM THE ITALIAN. Love on thy forehead sits, as on a throne, Beams in thine eyes, and warbles... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1839 - 174 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 nought that is fair, saith he : Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers... | |
 | 1839 - 584 pages
...in the dark. What myateriM do He beyond thy du*t, Could we outlook that mark !' HKHRT ViUGHiN. THEBE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And with his sickle...breath, And the flowers that grow between. ' Shall 1 have nought that is fair,' saith he : ' Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of... | |
 | 1839 - 596 pages
...Its beyond tby duat, Could "we outlook Ihat mark!' Hr.NRY YAUGHAN. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen, He renps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. ' Shall I have nought that... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1839 - 614 pages
...dust, Could we outlook that mark!' Нвмвr VACaа». THE RF.APKR AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Renper, whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded ijrain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. IL ' Shall I have nought that is fair,' sait... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1840 - 178 pages
...fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. THE EEAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle...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 these... | |
 | 1856 - 1026 pages
...flowers — " ' Shall I have naught that is fair,' saith he ; ' Have naught but the bearded grain ?' He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between." But it is a delightful thought, that He who passed through the several periods of human life, v\ ith... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 174 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...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 these... | |
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