 I have nought that is fair?" saith he; "Have nought 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...  Church Sunday school magazine - Page 1171850Full view - About this book
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...world. Milton. EEAPERS. AROUND him ply the reapers' band, With lightsome heart and eager hand. Pringle. There is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And with his...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. Longfelloie. I love, I love to see Bright steel gleam through the land; 'Tis a goodly sight, but it... | |
 | 1853 - 402 pages
...feeling of the beautiful. — Eutha.na.sy. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THKRE is a reaper, whose name ia Death, And with his sickle keen He reaps the bearded...breath, And the flowers that grow between. "Shall I have naught that is fair," snith he — "Have naught but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of... | |
 | Edwin Davies (D.D.) - 1854 - 156 pages
...beyond all, has died on Calvary's cross to redeem them from perishing! CHAPTER II. GATHERED SPRING FLOWERS. " There is a Reaper whose name is Death,...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... | |
 | William Gideon Michael Jones Barker - 1854 - 366 pages
...to those many occasions of sin which, in maturer years, cause our weakness so frequently to fall. " There is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with...breath, And the flowers that grow between. ' Shall I have nought that is fair ? ' said he ; ' Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of... | |
 | 1854 - 268 pages
...That like thine earliest dew Thy dying sweets may prove. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. By LONGFELLOW. THERE is a Reaper whose name is Death, And with his...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... | |
 | Mary Alicia Taylor - 1854 - 410 pages
...ready, when the merry group dispersed to join their mother and uncle in the dining-room. CHAPTER IX. " There is a reaper whose name is Death, And with his...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between." LADY HETHERINQTON had changed her intention of going, as she had proposed, that day to Summerfield,... | |
 | 1854 - 456 pages
...witness thy dying, In the arms of Hellvellyn and Catchedicam. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. — Longfellau. THERE is a reaper, whose name is Death, And, with...reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers tudt grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ? " saith he ; " Have nought but th» bearded... | |
 | William Gideon Michael Jones Barker - 1854 - 380 pages
...to those many occasions of sin which, in maturer years, cause our weakness so frequently to fall. " There is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded gram at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. ' Shall I have nought that is fair ?' said he;... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Taylor - 1854 - 296 pages
...flowers does not charm him away. Indeed he loves flowers, for has not a dainty Singer declared that he reaps " The bearded grain at a breath, And the FLOWERS that grow between ?" There's a house down in the valley—you can see it from my window—where, when they numbered their... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Taylor - 1854 - 304 pages
...flowers does not charm him away. Indeed he loves flowers, for has not a dainty Singer declared that he reaps " The bearded grain at a breath, And the FLOWERS that grow between f" There's a house down in the valley — you can see it from my window — where, when they numbered... | |
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