 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 he was once a child. "They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted...  Sketches of My School-mates - Page 103by Helen P. Warner - 1856 - 114 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1839 - 174 pages
...; 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...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
...sacred blossoms wear.' And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; But 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 - 742 pages
...These sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave in tears and pain The flowers she most did love ; But she knew she should find them all again In the fields of light above. Oh, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day; Twas an Angel visited the green earth,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 280 pages
...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...find them all again In the fields of light above. 20 * P33) 234 DEMOCRACY. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day ; Twas an angel... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 174 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 278 pages
...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...find them all again In the fields of light above. 30 * '*>3) 234 DEMOCRACY. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day ; Twas an angel... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - 1844 - 274 pages
...tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves; It was for the Lord of Paradise, He bound them in their sheaves.' " My Lord has need of these flow'rets gay,"...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,... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1844 - 302 pages
...These sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave in tears and pain The flowers she most did love ; But she knew she should find them all again In the fields...in cruelty, not in wrath, The reaper came that day ; T was an angel visited the green earth, And took the flowers away. LESSON LII. THE ASCENT OF THE... | |
 | John Keese - 1844 - 140 pages
...sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; But 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,... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...He bound them in his sheaves. 188 THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. " My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens...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,... | |
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