 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...  Sketches of My School-mates - Page 102by Helen P. Warner - 1856 - 114 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1847 - 390 pages
...breath of these flowers is 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...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 he was once... | |
 | 1839 - 584 pages
...sweet to me, I will give them all back again' He gazed al the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise...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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1839 - 174 pages
...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 Lord of Paradise...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 he was once a... | |
 | 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, Where He was once... | |
 | 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, Where He was once... | |
 | 1840 - 540 pages
...sweet to me, I will give them all back again." in. He razed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for 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... | |
 | 1853 - 588 pages
...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 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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 280 pages
...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...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 he was once... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 278 pages
...grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ?" saith he ; " Have nought but the bearded grain t Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me,...bound them in his sheaves, " My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled 5 " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once... | |
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