 | Children - 1858 - 298 pages
...Lying on her mother's bosom, Little Bessie fell asleep. anfc t|e flutoeo. LOXOrELLOW. THERE is a Reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen He reaps...sweet to me I will give them all back again." He gazed on the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise... | |
 | 1858 - 364 pages
...th« air. It shall fall like dew upon the stricken flower. Listen to the chant t ' There is a Reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen, He...grain at a breath; And the flowers that grow between. ' He gazed at the flowers with tearful eye*, He raised their drooping leaves, It was for the Lord of... | |
 | John Hullett - 1859 - 528 pages
...shewed the fruits of discipline.) And then one morning early the reaper came : — " There is a reaper, whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen He reaps...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between." The edge of his scythe was rather blunt ; and jagged the tender plant with pain, and anguish, and sorrow,... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - American essays - 1858 - 610 pages
...Longfellmc. Then wore his monarch's signet ring, Then presa'd that monarch's throned king. //«//«*. Tho' the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again. — Loiirifclloic. Her breath was sweet. — fllloct. The shades of night were falling fast. Longfellow.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1858 - 752 pages
...achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labur and to wait. THE REAPER AND ТПЕ FU>W£HS. There is a Keeper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the lieardi-d train at a breath. Ami tlit: riowers that grow between. " Shall I have naught that is fair... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 724 pages
...heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. THEBE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He...is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." Hegazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1859 - 812 pages
...achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWEBS. There is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He...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 Sowers... | |
 | P.P. - London. - Bentley's Miscellany - 1859 - 300 pages
...from Griffone's wing ! THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. BY HENRY WADSWORTH LONO1 ELLOW. THERE is a reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen He reaps...And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have naught that is fair to see, .• Have naught but the bearded grain '.' Though the breath of these flowers... | |
 | Joseph Barlow Robinson - Epitaphs - 1859 - 220 pages
...not save ; We seek the path she trod before Dowa to the dark and silent grave. 586. There is a Reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen, He...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,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1859 - 236 pages
...made a parting bow to the gallery. LXV.—THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. LONGFELLOW. THERE is a reaper, whose name is Death ; And, with his sickle keen, He...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... | |
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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. 
