 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." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the...  The New Monthly Belle Assemblée - Page 1741870Full view - About this book
 | William M. Thayer - 1853 - 334 pages
...dwelling, and mankind a single family, and God the glorious Head. CHAPTER IX. FAMILY AFFLICTIONS. " There is a Reaper whose name is death, And, with his...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between." LONGFELLOW. "Hark ! they whisper — angels say, Sister spirit, come aw /." POPE. SAD arc the associations... | |
 | Martha Noyes Williams - 1853 - 290 pages
...undisturbed she may work on. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. HW LONGFELLOW. THERE is a Reaper whose name is Death, And, with his...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ? " saith he ; " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. LONGFELLOW. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair?" saith he; " Have nought but the bearded grain ! Though the breath... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 496 pages
...any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait* THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ? " saith he ; " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the... | |
 | 1853 - 402 pages
...feeling of the beautiful. — Eutha.na.sy. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THKRE is a reaper, whose name ia 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," snith he — "Have naught but the bearded grain ? Though the breath... | |
 | William Gideon Michael Jones Barker - 1854 - 366 pages
...to those many occasions of sin which, in maturer years, cause our weakness so frequently to fall. " There is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. ' Shall I have nought that is fair ? ' said he ; ' Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath... | |
 | 1854 - 268 pages
...That like thine earliest dew Thy dying sweets may prove. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. By LONGFELLOW. THERE is a Reaper whose name is Death, And with his...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair? " saith he, " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath... | |
 | Mary Alicia Taylor - 1854 - 410 pages
...ready, when the merry group dispersed to join their mother and uncle in the dining-room. CHAPTER IX. " There is a reaper whose name is Death, And with his...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between." LADY HETHERINQTON had changed her intention of going, as she had proposed, that day to Summerfield,... | |
 | Edwin Davies (D.D.) - 1854 - 156 pages
...all, has died on Calvary's cross to redeem them from perishing! CHAPTER II. GATHERED SPRING FLOWERS. " There is a Reaper whose name is Death, And, with his...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. ' Shall I have nought that is fair ?' saith he ; ' Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath... | |
 | 1854 - 456 pages
...witness thy dying, In the arms of Hellvellyn and Catchedicam. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. — Longfellau. THERE is a reaper, whose name is Death, And, with...reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers tudt grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ? " saith he ; " Have nought but th» bearded... | |
| |
