 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 the bearded grain? Though...  Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Page xxiiiby Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1880 - 417 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Northmore Greville - 1848 - 434 pages
...from shore, For they who meet in glory never part. THE BEAPER AND THE FLOWERS. PROFESSOR LONGFELLOW. THERE is a Reaper whose name is Death, And with his...And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ?" saith he— " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these... | |
 | William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 pages
...long way that I must tread alone, Will lead my steps aright. Bryant. THE REAPEB AND THE FLOWEBS. THEBE is a reaper whose name is Death, And, with his sickle...And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ?" saith he ; " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these... | |
 | Robert Northmore Greville - 1848 - 434 pages
...they who meet in glory never part. THE EEAPEE AND THE FLOWEES. PROFESSOR LONGFELLOW. THERE is a Eeaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen, He...And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ?" saith he— " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these... | |
 | J. S. A. - 1849 - 274 pages
...or " bearded grain," he means grownup people. But now you shall hear the poem speak for itself : — THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. There is a Reaper whose...And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ?" saith he ; " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 500 pages
...and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. 8 THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose...And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ? " saith he ; " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these... | |
 | 1850 - 560 pages
...may be an ornament and pattern in our Schoels, is the earnest desire of Your sincere friend, o YETTA. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. There is a Reaper, whose...breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall 1 have nought that is fair?" saith he; " Have nonght but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1850 - 380 pages
...proof of this, some otherwise very fine lines which are spoiled by this obtrusive subjectiveness. " There is a reaper whose name is Death, And with his...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. * * * * " He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves, It was for the... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1850 - 384 pages
...proof of this, some otherwise very fine lines which are spoiled by this obtrusive subjectiveness. " There is a reaper whose name is Death, And with his...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. * * * * " He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves, It was for the... | |
 | Gems - 1851 - 206 pages
...pleasant, Cometh soon our Holiday. Work away! Dlckem's Household Words. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWER. There is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with...naught but the bearded grain ? " Though the breath of those flowers is sweet to me, " I will give them all back again." He gaz'd on the flowers with tearful... | |
 | 1851 - 526 pages
...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...bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers in sweet to me, I will give all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their... | |
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