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... Readings in American Poetry - Pagina 233door Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 264 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
| 1847 - 390 pagina’s
...bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The reaper said, and smiled : " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once...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... | |
| 1839 - 742 pagina’s
...bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord has need of these flowers gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once...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... | |
| 1839 - 584 pagina’s
...bound them in his sheaves. ' My Lord has need of these flowerets gay,' The Reaper said, and smil'd : ' Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once...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... | |
| 1840 - 540 pagina’s
...Reaper said, and smil'd : " Dear tokens of the earth are they. v. " They shall 'ill bloom in lie Ms of light, 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... | |
| 1853 - 588 pagina’s
...bound them in his sheaves. "MylLord has need of these flowrets gay," The Reaper said, and smil'd : " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once...And saints upon their garments white These sacred blosoms wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowrets she most did love ; But she knew... | |
| 1876 - 302 pagina’s
...bound them in his sheaves. ' My Lord hath need of these flowers gay,' The reaper said, and smiled; 'Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once a child.' You like to think of yourselves as flowers ; WE WOULD SEE JESUS. Ill and one to say, ' I am a rose,'... | |
| Katharine Parker Gordon - 1842 - 154 pagina’s
...139 ) CHILDREN IN HEAVEN. " My Lord hath need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child." In the broad fields of heaven, Amid undying flowers, Dwelling by Life's clear river, In the Immortal... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 188 pagina’s
...bound them in his sheaves. "My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled : Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once...most did love ; She knew she should find them all aguin In the fields of light above. Oh, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day; 'Twas... | |
| William Bentley Fowle - 1844 - 302 pagina’s
...bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord has need of these flowers gay," The reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once...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. 0, not in cruelty, not... | |
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