 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 Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 pages
...by themselves, in the raging thunder. CXXVIII. — THE KEAPEB AND THE FLOWERS. FROM LONGFELLOW. 1. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. 2. " Shall I have naught that is fair? " saith he ; " Have naught but the bearded grain ? Though the... | |
 | Rev. William Henry Lewis - 1857 - 100 pages
...we lived and were the instruments of rendering their existence blessed. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERa There is a reaper, whose name is Death, And with his...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. ' Shall I have naught that is fair," saith he — " Have naught but the bearded grain ? Though the... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1857 - 242 pages
...the gallery. LXV.— THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. LONGFELLOW. THERE is a reaper, whose. name is DeatLy And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded 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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1857 - 428 pages
...to labour and to wait. 11 THE REAPER AND THE FLOWKKS. THKRE is a Koa]».'r, whose name is Dc.-ith, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. "Shall I have nought that is fair?" saith ho; " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath... | |
 | 1857 - 904 pages
...can these lines of Longfellow be of any solace : THERE is a reaper whose name is Death, And, with a sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have naught that is fair ?" saith he ; " Have naught but the bearded grain ? Tho' the breath... | |
 | 1858 - 364 pages
...voice is borne upon th« air. It shall fall like dew upon the stricken flower. Listen to the chant t ' There is a Reaper whose name is Death, And with his...grain at a breath; And the flowers that grow between. ' He gazed at the flowers with tearful eye*, He raised their drooping leaves, It was for the Lord of... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1858 - 292 pages
...too much, But great ones not at all. THE EEAPEE AND THE FLOWEES. \VH LONOTELLOW.] [Jfimc by JW HoiES. 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... | |
 | 1858 - 460 pages
...witness thy dying, In the arms of Hellvellyn and Catchedicam. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. — Longfellow. 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... | |
 | 1858 - 298 pages
...calm and deep, Lying on her mother's bosom, Little Bessie fell asleep. anfc t|e flutoeo. LOXOrELLOW. 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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1922 - 910 pages
...still pursuing. Learn to labor and to wait. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS THEKE is a Reaper, whose nann is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, 'Shall I have naught that is fair?' saitb he; 'Have naught but the bearded grain? Though the breath... | |
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