 | Martha Noyes Williams - 1853 - 292 pages
...bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord hath need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once...by my care ; And saints, upon their garments white, And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find them... | |
 | John George Hollway - 1853 - 176 pages
...grow between ;" but they also knew that " They all shall bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by his care, And saints upon their garments white These sacred blossoms wear. And the mother gave, though with tears and pain, The flowers she most did love, She knew she should find them all... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 496 pages
...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. u They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments... | |
 | Society for Irish church missions - 1858 - 202 pages
...garner, he did not spare the flowers. My Lord hath need of the flow'ret gay, The reaper said and smiled, Dear tokens of the earth are they Where He was once a child. A few weeks ago a Scripture-reader was visiting a Koman Catholic woman, who had been two or three times... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 pages
...bound them in bis sheaves. „My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Eeaper eaid, and smiled; ,,Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was...white, 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... | |
 | William Gideon Michael Jones Barker - 1854 - 380 pages
...drawn, and quartered, at ' My Lord has need of these flow'rets gay,' The Reaper said, and smiled ; ' Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once...white 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... | |
 | 1854 - 456 pages
...for the Lord of Paradise ' My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once...white, 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... | |
 | 1854 - 268 pages
...bound them in their sheaves. "My Lord has need of these flow'rets gay," The Reaper said and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once...white, 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... | |
 | Kenelm Henry Digby - 1854 - 626 pages
...She has other thoughts — " My Lord has need of these flow'rets gay, The Reaper said, and smiled ; Dear tokens of the earth are they Where He was once a child. " And the mother gave, in tears and pain The flowers she most did love, She knew she would find them... | |
 | 1855 - 458 pages
...companion of his rambles. ' My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once...white, 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... | |
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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. 
