 | George Stillman Hillard - 1859 - 236 pages
...THE FLOWERS. LONGFELLOW. 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. to " Shall I have nought that is fair ? " saith he ; " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 724 pages
...REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THEBE 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. " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, " Shall I... | |
 | Joseph Barlow Robinson - 1859 - 220 pages
...dark and silent grave. 586. 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. Oh ! not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day ; 'Twas an angel visited the green earth,... | |
 | James Champlin Fernald - 1917 - 364 pages
...or words of the subject. 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. LONGFELLOW The Reaper and the Flowers How many a rustic Milton has passed by, Stifling the speechless... | |
 | 1918 - 86 pages
...the Flowera. , Longfellow. 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...grain? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet tome, I will give them all back again 1 " He ga?,ed at the flowers with tearful eyes He kissed their... | |
 | 1918 - 2068 pages
...He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, "Shall I have naught that is fair? " saith he; "Have naught but the bearded grain? Though the breath of these...I will give them all back again." He gazed at the (lowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound... | |
 | American Dental Association, National Dental Association (1897-1922) - 1919 - 1218 pages
...these lines come to me: "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?' " "Xaught", I say, for the flowers... | |
 | Harry Lyman Koopman - 1919 - 648 pages
...REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THEEE 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... | |
 | Otto Augustus Wall - 1919 - 630 pages
...the poet Longfellow wrote : "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." The Bible ascribes death to a death-angel; (Rev. vi, 8) "And I looked, and behold, a pale horse ; and... | |
 | Otto Augustus Wall - 1919 - 774 pages
...the poet Longfellow wrote : "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." The Bible ascribes death to a death-angel; (Rev. vi, 8) "And I looked, and behold, a pale horse ; and... | |
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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. 
