 | 1849 - 492 pages
...ihey shall die no more.' * There Is a Reaper, whoae name is Death. And with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. ' He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It van for the Lord... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 500 pages
...REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that...Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, 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 flowers... | |
 | Samuel Prout Newcombe - 1850 - 404 pages
...REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a reaper whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, 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 flowers... | |
 | 1850 - 560 pages
...REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. There is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall 1 have nought that is fair?" saith he; " Have nonght but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these... | |
 | Anne Marsh-Caldwell - 1850 - 312 pages
...upon his arm/ CHAPTER XII. There is a Reaper, whose name ia Death, And with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. LONGFELLOW. HE hastened to Portugal-street, in which quiet street Selwyn had lately taken up his residence.... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1850 - 384 pages
...obtrusive subjectiveness. " There is a reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. * * * * " He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves, It was for the... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1850 - 644 pages
...and eager hand. Pringle. There is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And with his siekle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. LongfeUow's Poems. 37* REASON. He that is of reason's skill bereft, And wants the staff of wisdom him... | |
 | Ann Jane - 1851 - 964 pages
...and separated, there has been a Reaper busy among the flowers and blossoms of our homes and hearts. " Shall I have nought that is fair?" saith he, " Have...flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again. My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair V ' saith he ; " Have nought but the bearded grain 1 Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to... | |
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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. 
