 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.  Bentley's Miscellany - Page 4801839Full view - About this book
 | 1840 - 882 pages
...These tiered 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 that day ; T was an angel visited the green earth,... | |
 | 1839 - 584 pages
...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, Where he was once...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,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1839 - 174 pages
...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 that day ; 'T was an angel visited the green earth,... | |
 | 1839 - 596 pages
...sacred blossoms wear.' And the mother gsve, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; But the knew she should find them all again, In the fields of light above. YII. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day ; 'T was an angel visited the green... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 280 pages
...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. 20 * P 33 ) O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day ; Twas an angel visited the green... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 174 pages
...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 that day ; 'T was an angel visited the green earth,... | |
 | 1843 - 184 pages
...light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear." She knew 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,... | |
 | John Keese - 1844 - 140 pages
...It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord hath need of the flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled: " Dear tokens of...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,... | |
 | 1844 - 304 pages
...light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear.' O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The reaper came that...'Twas an angel visited the green earth, And took the nowers away. on MISSIONS IN MADRAS, &c. By HOOLR. London : Maion. One of the most elegant and interesting... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - 1844 - 274 pages
...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 that day ; 'Twas an angel visited the green earth,... | |
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