He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise He 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... Church Sunday school magazine - Page 1181850Full view - About this book
| 1847 - 390 pages
...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...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... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1839 - 174 pages
...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...light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day ; 'T was an angel visited the green earth, And took the flowers away. THE LIGHT... | |
| 1839 - 584 pages
...gay,' The Reaper said, and smil'd : ' Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child.' ' They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted...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... | |
| 1839 - 742 pages
...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...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... | |
| 1840 - 540 pages
...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... | |
| Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1839 - 614 pages
...said, and emil'd : ' Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child.' ' They shall tll bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints upon iheir garments while These sacred blossoms wear.' YI. And the mother gave, in tears and pain, Thu flowers... | |
| 1853 - 588 pages
...gay," The Reaper said, and smil'd : " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child." " They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted...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... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 174 pages
...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...light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day ; 'T was an angel visited the green earth, And took the flowers away. THE LIGHT... | |
| 1843 - 184 pages
...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...find them all again In the fields of light above. 0 not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day ! 'Twas an Angel visited the green earth,... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 278 pages
...gay," The Reaper said, and smiled 5 " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child, " They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted...find them all again In the fields of light above. 30 * '*>3) 234 DEMOCRACY. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day ; Twas an angel... | |
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