 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...  Poems - Page 9by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853Full view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...bearded grain 1 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...of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care ; And saints, upon their garments... | |
 | Samuel Prout Newcombe - 1851 - 398 pages
...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...bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord has need of these dowrets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once... | |
 | Gems - 1851 - 206 pages
...Though the breath of those flowers is sweet to me, " I will give them all back again." He gaz'd on the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping...bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord has need of these flow'rets gay," The reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, " Where once He... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...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...of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord hath need of these flowrets gay," The Heaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they,... | |
 | Heavenly thoughts - 1851 - 318 pages
...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...of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord hath need of these flow'rets gay ;" The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they,... | |
 | Ann Jane - 1851 - 964 pages
...bearded grain? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again. My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper...of the earth are they, Where He was once a child." Oh! what have we looked on since last we met ? We have seen disease, desolation, and death—anxious... | |
 | 1851 - 526 pages
...the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers in sweet to me, I will give all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves [ It was for flic Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves* " My Lord has need of the flowrets gay," The Reaper... | |
 | 1851 - 268 pages
...lines that say — " My Lord hath need of these flowrets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled. " Sweet tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once a child."* But even if not taken when children, men must soon die ; the winter of old age must come at last to... | |
 | Choice descriptive poetry - 1852 - 112 pages
...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...of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. " They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints upon their garments... | |
 | J. B. Syme - 1852 - 196 pages
...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...said, and smiled; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, THE MOURNER'S FRIEND. " They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints,... | |
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