 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 Seiten
...lightsome heart and eager hand. Pringle. 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. Longfelloie. I love, I love to see Bright steel gleam through the land; 'Tis a goodly sight, but it... | |
 | 1854 - 268 Seiten
...REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. By 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...again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kiss'd their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise, He bound them in their sheaves. "My... | |
 | William Gideon Michael Jones Barker - 1854 - 366 Seiten
...weakness so frequently to fall. " 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 the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to... | |
 | 1896 - 858 Seiten
...some's King Pippins, that's like little Lady Lilian, all so fine and rosy for dessert." CHAPTER II. " Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." SPRISG was coming round once again, and the little Mays had almost forgotten the Christmas that had... | |
 | William Gideon Michael Jones Barker - 1854 - 380 Seiten
...fall. " There is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded gram at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. ' Shall I have nought that is fair ?' said he; ' Have nought but the bearded grain? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me,... | |
 | Mary Alicia Taylor - 1854 - 410 Seiten
...uncle in the dining-room. CHAPTER IX. " 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." LADY HETHERINQTON had changed her intention of going, as she had proposed, that day to Summerfield,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Taylor - 1854 - 296 Seiten
...flowers does not charm him away. Indeed he loves flowers, for has not a dainty Singer declared that he reaps " The bearded grain at a breath, And the FLOWERS that grow between ?" There's a house down in the valley—you can see it from my window—where, when they numbered their... | |
 | 1854 - 456 Seiten
...name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers tudt grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ? " saith he ; " Have nought but th» bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again."... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Taylor - 1854 - 304 Seiten
...flowers does not charm him away. Indeed he loves flowers, for has not a dainty Singer declared that he reaps " The bearded grain at a breath, And the FLOWERS that grow between f" There's a house down in the valley — you can see it from my window — where, when they numbered... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 472 Seiten
...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...drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise " My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth... | |
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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. 
