 | Samuel Irenæus Prime - Children - 1852 - 168 pages
...beauteous bud of life Receives immortal bloom in heaven. WD GALLAGHER. llcajier anlr tlje Jflotoers. THERE is a Reaper whose name is Death, And with his...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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1852 - 256 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...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... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - English poetry - 1852 - 356 pages
...And try if the homely, despised thing, May not yield sweet fragrance there. sifo Longfellow. rTHERE is a Reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle...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... | |
 | Tom (uncle, pseud) - 1852 - 368 pages
...like 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... | |
 | William M. Thayer - Domestic relations - 1853 - 334 pages
...dwelling, and mankind a single family, and God the glorious Head. CHAPTER IX. FAMILY AFFLICTIONS. " There is a Reaper whose name is death, And, with his...breath, And the flowers that grow between." LONGFELLOW. "Hark ! they whisper — angels say, Sister spirit, come aw /." POPE. SAD arc the associations as we... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 496 pages
...any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait* THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with...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... | |
 | Martha Noyes Williams - Suffering - 1853 - 290 pages
...undisturbed she may work on. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. HW LONGFELLOW. THERE is a Reaper whose name is Death, And, with his...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... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...world. Milton. EEAPERS. AROUND him ply the reapers' band, With lightsome heart and eager hand. Pringle. There is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And with his...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. Longfelloie. I love, I love to see Bright steel gleam through the land; 'Tis a goodly sight, but it... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. LONGFELLOW. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with...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... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Elocution - 1853 - 492 pages
...he chafed it still, and could not lay it down. DICEE.NS. LESSON LXX THE REAPER AND THE FLOWEBS. 1. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. 2. " Shall I have naught that is fair? " saith he; " Have naught but the bearded grain 1 Though the... | |
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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... 
