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" I have nought that is fair?" saith he; "Have nought but the bearded grain? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again. "
American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 11
1839
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The Penny Tract Magazine and Christian Miscellany

1847 - 390 pages
...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...I will give them all back again." He gazed at the flc wers with tearful eyes, He kiss'd their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound...
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The Southern literary messenger, Volume 6

1840 - 882 pages
...REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. There is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He naps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. Stall I have nought that is fair, saith he : Hive nought but the bearded grain ? THcnuh the breath...
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Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 4

1839 - 742 pages
...HENRY WORDSWORTH LONGFELLOW. 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 naught that is fair to see, Have naught but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers...
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The New Monthly Belle Assemblée, Volumes 72-73

1870 - 726 pages
...a few short months ago. " 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." PARAPHRASED FROM THE ITALIAN. Love on thy forehead sits, as on a throne, Beams in thine eyes, and warbles...
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The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music & Romance, Volume 3

1840 - 540 pages
...between. II. " Shall I have nought that in fair," saith he : Have noueht bnt the bearded -jraln t Thomrh the breath of these flowers Is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." in. He razed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord...
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Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 4

1839 - 744 pages
...HENRY WORDSWORTH LONGFELLOW. THERK 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 naught that is fair to see, Have naught but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers...
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Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 6

Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1839 - 708 pages
...HENRY WORDSWORTH LONGFELLOW. 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 1 have nought that is fair to see, Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers...
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The Children's Magazine and Missionary Repository, Volume 19

1856 - 1026 pages
...— " ' Shall I have naught that is fair,' saith he ; ' Have naught but the bearded grain ?' He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between." But it is a delightful thought, that He who passed through the several periods of human life, v\ ith...
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Readings in American Poetry

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 280 pages
...BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. 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...again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kiss'd their drooping leaves; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord...
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Voices of the Night

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 570 pages
...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...Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of...
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