 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...  Poems - Page 9by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853Full view - About this book
 | 1858 - 460 pages
...bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed...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... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1858 - 240 pages
...bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed...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... | |
 | Walter Aimwell - 1858 - 282 pages
...bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed...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... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1858 - 292 pages
...bearded grain? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed...of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord hath need of these flow'rets gay," The reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they,... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1897 - 666 pages
...bearded grain 1 Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all bock again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed...of the earth are they, Where He was once a child. " They shall all bloom ln fields of light, Transplanted by My care, And saints, upon their garments... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1897 - 348 pages
...bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his...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... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 220 pages
...flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, KI He kissed their drooping leaves; It was for the Lord...these flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled; 1s " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. " They shall all bloom in fields... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 430 pages
...flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, 10 He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord...these flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; 15 " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. " They shall all bloom in fields... | |
 | 1898 - 264 pages
...bearded grain ! Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed...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... | |
 | 1898 - 264 pages
...bearded grain ! Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed...and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, WThere he was once a child. " They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, And... | |
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