 | Heavenly thoughts - 1851 - 318 oldal
...am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid ; thou hast loosed my bonds." — Ps. cxvi. 16. There is a reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have naught that is fair ?" saith he ; " Have naught but... | |
 | Ann Jane - 1851 - 964 oldal
...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... | |
 | 1851 - 526 oldal
...was, byrepeated miracles of the same kind, continued. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THESE is areaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have naught that is fair ?" saith he ; • - Have naught... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1852 - 356 oldal
...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 keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have naught that is fair?" saith he ; " Have naught but... | |
 | Samuel Irenæus Prime - 1852 - 172 oldal
...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 keen He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have naught that is fair ?" saith he, " Have naught but... | |
 | 1852 - 196 oldal
...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 keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ?" saith he ; " Have nought but... | |
 | Choice descriptive poetry - 1852 - 112 oldal
...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 keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ?" said he, " Have nought but... | |
 | J. B. Syme - 1852 - 196 oldal
...on every ripple of its sparkling current. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. BY HENKY W. LONGFELLOW. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have naught that is fair ? " saith he ; — " Have naught... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1852 - 256 oldal
...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 keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ?" saith he ; " Have nought but... | |
 | Tom (uncle, pseud) - 1852 - 368 oldal
...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... | |
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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. 
