 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...  Church Sunday school magazine - Page 1181850Full view - About this book
 | L. A. Holdich - 1856 - 122 pages
...the young and the poor." LESSON XH. THE LITTLE BOAT AND THE YOUNG SAILOR. " And the mother gave, with tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find them all again In the brighter land above." FAR away from us, over the great sea, is a country through which there flows... | |
 | Reading book - 1856 - 352 pages
...gay," The Eeaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens 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 white, And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find them... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...earth are they, Where He was once a child. « They shall all bloom in fields of light, TranBplanted by my care, A.nd saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear." 23 And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1857 - 242 pages
...gay," The reaper said, and smiled : " Dear tokens of the earth are they Where he was once a child. " They shall all bloom in fields of light,* Transplanted...light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The reaper came that day ; 'Twas an angel visited the green earth, And took the flowers away.* LXVL —... | |
 | Rev. William Henry Lewis - 1857 - 100 pages
...gay," The reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once a child. " They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted...and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew that she should find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath,... | |
 | 1857 - 848 pages
...by their fond mother's side, Who lived to love and lose them—then she died." Longfellow:— •' The mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she...find them all again In the fields of light above. " Oh, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The reaper came that day ; 'Twas an angel visited the green earth,... | |
 | St. John's in the Wilderness - 1857 - 166 pages
...gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once a child." They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted...their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day. 'Twas an angel visited the green earth,... | |
 | 1857 - 904 pages
...gay," The reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child." " They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted...And Saints, upon their garments white, These sacred garments wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 pages
..." Dear t tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. 5. " They shall all bloom in the fields of light, ^Transplanted by my care, And saints,...their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear." 6. And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love; She knew she should find... | |
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