 Yes, that blessed name imparts Comfort to those, who in the grave have sown The seed, that they had garnered in their hearts, Their bread of life, alas ! no more their own. Into its furrows shall we all be cast, In the sure faith, that we shall rise again,...  Poetical Works - Page 19by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1891 - 753 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1868 - 194 pages
...sleeping dust. God's Acre ! Yes, that blessed name imparts Comfort to those who in the grave have sown Into its furrows shall we all be cast, In the sure...With that of flowers which never bloomed on earth. With thy rude ploughshare, Death, turn up the sod, And spread the furrow for the seed we sow ; This... | |
 | William Meynell Whittemore - 1869 - 590 pages
...in the grave have sown The seed that they had garnered in their hearts, Their bread of life, nías ! no more their own. Into its furrows shall we all be...archangel's blast Shall winnow like a fan the chaff and gram. Then shall the good stand in immortal bloom, In the fair gardens of that second birth, And each... | |
 | Issette Teresa Torr - 1870 - 184 pages
...Comfort to those who in the grave have sown The seed, that they had garnered in their hearts, Their bread of life, alas ! no more their own. Into its...bright blossom mingle its perfume With that of flowers, whichnever bloomed on earth. With thy rude ploughshare, Death, turn up the sod, And spread the furrow... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1870 - 642 pages
...garnered in their hearts. Their bread of life — alas ! no more their < Into its furrows shall we ail be cast, In the sure faith that we shall rise again...With that of flowers which never bloomed on earth. With thy rude ploughshare, Death, turn up the sod, And spread the furrow for the seed we sow ; This... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...Comfort to those who in the grave have sown The seed that they had garnered in their hearts, Their t God himself Scarce seemed there to be. O, sweeter...great Father bends, — Old men, and babes, and loving With thy rude ploughshare, Death, turn up the sod, And spread the furrow for the seed we sow ; This... | |
 | Cycle - 1871 - 202 pages
...Comfort to those who in the grave have sown The seed that they had garnered in their hearts, Their bread of life — alas ! no more their own. Into its...With that of flowers which never bloomed on earth. With thy rude ploughshare, Death, turn up the sod, And spread the furrow for the seed we sow ; This... | |
 | Samuel Martin - 1871 - 586 pages
...Comfort to those who in the grave have sown The seed, that they had garnered in their hearts, Their bread of life, alas ! no more their own, " Into its...With that of flowers which never bloomed on earth." We all feel the burial-place to be sacred, and by an instinct we turf the grave, build the sepulchre,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1871 - 656 pages
...Comfort to those who in the grave have sown The seed that they had garnered in their hearts, Their bread of life — alas ! no more their own. Into its...With that of flowers which never bloomed on earth. With thy mcle ploughshare, Death, turn up the sod, And spread the furrow for the seed we sow; This... | |
 | 1871 - 314 pages
...Comfort to those, who in the grave have sown The seed, that they had garnered in their hearts, Their bread of life, alas ! no more their own. Into its...; And each bright blossom, mingle its perfume With thy rude ploughshare, Death, turn up the god, And spread the furrow for the seed we sow ; This is the... | |
 | Walter Field - 1871 - 346 pages
...just ; It consecrates each grave within its walls, And breathes a benison o'er the sleeping dust. " Into its furrows shall we all be cast, In the sure...blast Shall winnow, like a fan, the chaff and grain. "With thy rude ploughshare, Death, turn up the sod. And spread the furrow for the seed we sow ; This... | |
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