My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once a child. "They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred... Bombay Quarterly Review - Page 1001857Full view - About this book
| Christian literature, English - 1847 - 390 pages
...light, Transplanted by my care, And saints upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she could find them all again In the fields of light above. Oh not in cruelty, not in wrath, The reaper... | |
| Literature - 1838 - 604 pages
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| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1839 - 708 pages
...These sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave in tears and pain The flowers she most did love ; But she knew she should find them all again In the fields...that day : Twas an Angel visited the green earth, 483 THE PATRON KING. BY MRS. TROLLOPE. A GREAT many years ago, so many, indeed, as to render the exact... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Digital images - 1839 - 174 pages
...light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear. And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she...find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day ; 'T was an angel visited the green earth,... | |
| Fashion - 1840 - 540 pages
...Transplanted by my care, And saints upon their garments white These sacred blossoms wear.** vl. VI. And the mother gave, in tears and pain. The flowers she most did love ; But she knew she should find them all again, In the fields oflight above. vil. Vll. O, not in cruelty,... | |
| 1839 - 742 pages
...light. Transplanted by my care, And saints upon their garments white These sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave in tears and pain The flowers she most did love ; But she knew she should find them all again In the fields of light above. Oh, not in cruelty, not... | |
| American periodicals - 1839 - 584 pages
...light, Transplanted by my care, And saints upon their garments white These sacred blossoms wear.' And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; But she knew she should find them all again, In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not... | |
| 1853 - 588 pages
...flowrets she most did love ; But she knew she could find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that...angel visited the green earth, And took the flowers away. HENRY LONOFELLOW. REVIEW. INTRODUcTION TO THE HISTORY OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. Jly GG GERVINUS,... | |
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