 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...  Voices of the Night - Page 10by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1840 - 144 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Bentley Fowle - 1844 - 302 pages
...following lines, it becomes an Allegory. The author is PROFESSOR LONGFELLOW, of Cambridge, Massachusetts. There is a reaper whose name is Death, And with his...that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair to see ; Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1844 - 492 pages
...yet he chafed it still, and could not lay it down. LESSON LXXI. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. 1. THEKE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. 2. " Shall I have nought that is fair?" saith he; " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the... | |
 | 1844 - 304 pages
...them, None now dare their zeal restrain. Hail redemption I Blest Immanuel, ever reign. JDW THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. There is a reaper whose name Is Death,...keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the nowers that grow between. ' Shall l have nought that Is fair ? ' saith he; ' Have nought but the bearded... | |
 | Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Iowa - 1901 - 786 pages
...leave — Lives such as theirs build their own monument." Kor our own loss at parting we may grieve ; ' There is a reaper whose name is Death, And with his...keen He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the "owers that grow between.' APPENDIX A. STATlSTlCS Grand and Sub«rdinate L«dges 1900. I. NAMES OP... | |
 | 1844 - 298 pages
...Shining no where but in the dark, What myiieries do lie Iwyond th; dujl, Could we outlook thai murk!" THERE is a Reaper whose name is Death, And with his...sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, " Shall I have nought that is fair," saith he : "Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath... | |
 | John Keese - 1844 - 140 pages
...Shining no where but in the dark, What mysteries do lie beyond thy duil. Could w« outlook that mark 1 " THERE is a Reaper whose name is Death, And with his...sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, " Shall I have nought that is fair," saith he : " Have nought but the bearded grain 'I Though the breath... | |
 | 1868
...have to fall beneath the hand of a reaper : for — "There is a reaper, whose name is Death, And witli his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between.*' The boys worked on, and his thoughts wandered from himself to them. Were they prepared for that harvest... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1846 - 130 pages
...With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is...breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall l have naught that is fair? " saith he ; " Have naught but the bearded grain '! Though the breath of... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...witness thy dying, In the arms of Hellvellyn and Catchedicam. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. — Longfellow. THERE is a reaper, whose name is Death, And, with...And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have naught that is fair ? " saith he ; " Have naught but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these... | |
 | 1847 - 490 pages
...submissively, and willingly, when he requires it at your hands, give to God what God has given to you : " There is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with...between. " ' Shall I have nought that is fair!' saith he ; 1 Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet tome, I will give... | |
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