 | Reading book - 1856 - 352 pages
...bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Eeaper 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... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 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...child. « They shall all bloom in fields of light, TranBplanted by my care, A.nd saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear." 23 And... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...hound them in his sheaves. " My Lord hath need of these flowrets gay," The Eeaper said, and smiled; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, " Where he was once a child. " They shall all hloom in fields of light, Transplanted hy my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred... | |
 | Rev. William Henry Lewis - 1857 - 100 pages
...bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord haa 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 that she should find them all again... | |
 | St. John's in the Wilderness - 1857 - 166 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...their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day. 'Twas an angel visited the green earth,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1857 - 242 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...their garments white. These sacred blossoms wear." She knew she should find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath,... | |
 | 1857 - 222 pages
...bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord hath need of these flow'rets gay," The reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. "They shall all bloom in the field of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms... | |
 | 1857 - 372 pages
...world below. To every bereaved parent he addresses these words : — ' They shall all bloom in worlds of light. Transplanted by my care ; And saints, upon...their garments white. These sacred blossoms wear. Olí I not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day ; Tivas an nngel risked the green earth,... | |
 | Grafted trees - 1857 - 164 pages
...as a poet sweetly sings, " ' My Lord hath need of these flowrets gay,' The reaper said, and smiled ; Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once a child." Jesus, however, does not gather all his plants early ; some he wants to remain in his earthly garden,... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 pages
...his ^sheaves. 4. " My Lord has need of these tflowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smil'd ; " Dear t tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. 5. " They shall all bloom in the fields of light, ^Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their... | |
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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. 
