 | Eneas Sweetland Dallas - 1874 - 782 pagina’s
...full strength of his youthful manhood, while his father lay cold and still in the dust beneath him. " There is a reaper whose name is Death; And, with his...grain at a breath. And the flowers that grow between." It was the "bearded grain" that had fallen now — cut down in one moment under the pleasant autumn... | |
 | Joseph Barlow Robinson - 1859 - 220 pagina’s
...and beauty, could not save ; We seek the path she trod before Dowa to the dark and silent grave. 586. There is a Reaper whose name is Death, And with his...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. Oh ! not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day ; 'Twas an angel visited the green earth,... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1859 - 236 pagina’s
...upon his feet, and made a parting bow to the gallery. LXV.—THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. LONGFELLOW. THERE is a reaper, whose name is Death ; And, with...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. to " Shall I have nought that is fair ? " saith he ; " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the... | |
 | 1859 - 924 pagina’s
...lady at Hiltonbury Holt. CHAPTER III. " There is a reaper, his name his Death, And with his fickle keen He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between." A LETTER from Humfrey ! how Honor's heart fluttered. Would it announce an engagement, or would it promife... | |
 | Virginia De Forrest - 1860 - 368 pagina’s
...curst oppressor bleed, So may such foes deserve the most remorseless deed! THE REAPER AND THE FLOWER. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with...nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of those flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." He gazed on the flowers with tearful... | |
 | Elementary books - 1860 - 270 pagina’s
...common lot, and shedding abroad the sweet odour of kindness and charity over all who live around us. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose...And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have naught that is fair ?" saith he ; " Have naught but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1860 - 506 pagina’s
...and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose...And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have naught that is fair ? " said he ; " Have naught but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1860 - 514 pagina’s
...and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose...And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have naught that is fair ? " said he ; " Have naught but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these... | |
 | Baptist missionary society - 1860 - 348 pagina’s
...mind with solemn thoughts. Soon he, too, would have to fall beneath the hand of a reaper ; for— " There is a reaper whose name is Death, And with his...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between." They came. He spoke to them of the harvests of other lands ; of the strange customs observed by the... | |
 | William Oscar Perkins, Henry Southwick Perkins - 1830 - 230 pagina’s
...and the power, and the | glory, •• for- | ever •• and | ever. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. 1 There is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And with his...bearded grain at a breath, And the | flowers that | grow be- 1 tween. 2 " Shall I have naught that is fair," said he, " Have naught but the | bearded | grain... | |
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I have naught that is fair ?" saith he ; "Have naught 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... 
