 | Fanny Fern - American literature - 1855 - 346 pages
...is borne upon the air. It shall fall like dew upon the stricken flower. Listen to the chant ! '• There is a Reaper whose name is Death, And with his...grain at a breath ; And the flowers that grow between. ' He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He raised their drooping leaves, It was for the Lord of... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 264 pages
...any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with...reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers thatgrow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ?" saith he ; " Have nought but the bearded grain?... | |
 | Charlotte Phillips - English poetry - 1855 - 188 pages
...clouds, and beyond the tomb, It is there, it is there, my child !" HEMANS. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ?" saith he ; " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 612 pages
...lightsome heart and eager hand. PringU There it 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. Limgjellow t Poemt 57* REASON. He that is of reason's skill bereft, And wants the staff of wisdom him... | |
 | James Madison MacDonald - Heaven - 1855 - 396 pages
...is Death. " ' Shall I have naught that is fair,' saith he ; ' Have naught but the bearded grain ?' He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between."* O, it is a delightful thought, that the blood of Jesus Christ sets them free from the only sentence... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 502 pages
...breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ?" saith he ; " Have nought but the bearded grain ? 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... | |
 | United States - 1855 - 560 pages
...POETS. T. JEFFERSON BOWIE. THE There is a Reaper, whote name is Death, And with his sickle keen, lie reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. THERE is a Critic, whose name is Truth, And with his pen so shrewd, lie slays our authors with scanty... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 610 pages
...lightsome heart and eager hand. There is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And with his siekle keen, le reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. Lnngfеllme s Poems 438 REASON - REBELLION. REASON. He that is of reason's skill bereft, And wants... | |
 | Margaret Fraser Barbour - Children - 1856 - 406 pages
...is given, To join as kindred spirits, The choristry of heaven. Asox. rnib % Jflofotrs. (LONGFELLOW.) THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with...that grow between. " Shall I have naught that is fair r saith he; " Have naught but the bearded grain ? Tho' the breath of these flowers is sweet to me,... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...wide domain, And his rich treasury swells with hoarded grain. BAKBAULD. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a reaper, whose name is Death, And, with...And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ?" saith he ; " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these... | |
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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." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the... 
