 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...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 131839Full view - About this book
 | Christian literature, English - 1847 - 390 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...gave, in tears and 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,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Digital images - 1839 - 174 pages
...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 he was once...gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath,... | |
 | Fashion - 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... | |
 | 1853 - 588 pages
...; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. "MylLord has need of these flowrets gay," The Reaper said, and smil'd : " Dear tokens...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... | |
 | 1876 - 302 pages
...bound them in his sheaves. ' My Lord hath need of these flowers gay,' The reaper said, and smiled; 'Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once a child.' You like to think of yourselves as flowers ; WE WOULD SEE JESUS. Ill and one to say, ' I am a rose,'... | |
 | Katharine Parker Gordon - Children - 1842 - 154 pages
...139 ) CHILDREN IN HEAVEN. " My Lord hath need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper 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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 280 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...gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find them all again In the fields of light above. 20 * P33) 234 DEMOCRACY. O,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 174 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...gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath,... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1843 - 184 pages
...bound them in his sheaves. " The Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they Where he was once...in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love, She knew she should find them all again In the fields of light above. 0 not in cruelty, not in wrath,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Ballads, English - 1844 - 188 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...gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find them all aguin In the fields of light above. Oh, not in cruelty, not in... | |
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