 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...  Garden Walks with the Poets - Page 241by Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1852 - 340 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...consistent with the enjoyment of cvery_innocent pleasure." — Sturm. HOPE BEYOND THE GRAVE. 261 THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle...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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle...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... | |
 | Ann Jane - 1851 - 964 pages
...Freeman. \n interesting periodical. THE REAPER AMONG THE HOUSEHOLDS. (Read at a Maternal Meeting.) " There is a Reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen He reaps the bearded grain at a hreath, And the flowers that grow between.'* . SINCE we last met as a maternal band, some of us have... | |
 | George Higby Throop - 1851 - 250 pages
...existence he cut short " aequo pede," with the stride and ruthlessness of the grim reaper who cuts " The bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between." I suppose it must be motion that provokes this musical development; for your stage-coach driver is... | |
 | Samuel Irenæus Prime - Children - 1852 - 172 pages
...beauteous bud of life Receives immortal bloom in heaven. WD GALLAGHER. IXrajjrr anfc tfit JFIotoers. THERE is a Reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle...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... | |
 | American poetry - 1852 - 196 pages
...smile, From the mite to the mammoth, there's nothing in vain. anb tlje /Intro. BY HW LONGFELLOW. THERE is a Reaper whose name is Death, And, with his sickle...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... | |
 | Choice descriptive poetry - 1852 - 112 pages
...of a moment, leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene. YOUNG. THE REAPER AND THE ANGELS. THERE is a Reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle...And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ?" said he, " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1852 - 256 pages
...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 his sickle...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... | |
 | Tom (uncle, pseud) - 1852 - 368 pages
...the look of my keen sickle ; never fear that I shall hurt thee with it ; the poet sings — " There is a reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain as a breath And the flowers that grow between." (To be continued..) ijmrl Cjjapto ra fitglwjj THE NORMAN... | |
 | Henry Harbaugh - Future life - 1853 - 410 pages
...— yet a little while, and we shall see them no more for ever ! THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. There is a reaper, whose name is Death, And with his sickle...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... | |
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