 My Lord has need of these 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 by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred...  Readings in American Poetry - Page 233by Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 264 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1852 - 256 pages
...heard the trailing- garments of ihe Night Sweep through her marble halls !" JANK E. BKNHAM. (> III. " And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love." J.VNK E. BKNHAM. 10 IV. Country Church-yard. BIKKET FOSTER 11 V. Flowers. JANE E. BEN HAM. Ifi VI.... | |
 | Katherine Parker Gordon - 1852 - 206 pages
...HEAVEN. CHILDREN IN HEAVEN. u My Lord hath need of these flowerets gay, 1 The Kcaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child." IN the broad fields of heaven, Amid undying flowers, Dwelling by Life's clear river, In the immortal... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord hath need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once...did love ; She knew she should find them all again lu the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day ; 'Twas an... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 504 pages
...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 he was once...did love ; She knew she should find them all again I In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day ; 'T was... | |
 | Henry Harbaugh - 1853 - 410 pages
...bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord hath need of the flowerets gay," The reaper said, and smiled; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once...pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she would find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The reaper... | |
 | Martha Noyes Williams - 1853 - 290 pages
...bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord hath need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once...their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear." ON THE DEATH OF AN INFANT. 131 And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love... | |
 | 1853 - 402 pages
...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 He was once...Transplanted by my care ; And saints upon their garments whit'* These sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did... | |
 | John George Hollway - 1853 - 176 pages
...grow between;" but they also knew that " They all shall bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by his care, And saints upon their garments white These sacred blossoms wear. And the mother gave, though with tears and pain, The flowers she most did love, She knew she should find them all again... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 496 pages
...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 he was once a child. u They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 492 pages
...them in his sheaves. 4. "My Lord has need of these + flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. 5. " They shall all bloom in the fields of light, ''" Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their... | |
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