 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 174 pages
...and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose...that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ? " saith he ; " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 280 pages
...there. He dared not steal The signet-ring of heaven. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with...that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ?" saith he ; " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1843 - 184 pages
...flowed over with delight, But the fulness of all mortal joy. hath blessed the Sabbath night. WILSON. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. * THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaped the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grew between. " Shall I have nought that... | |
 | 1844 - 298 pages
...Shining no where but in the dark, What myiieries do lie Iwyond th; dujl, Could we outlook thai murk!" THERE is a Reaper whose name is Death, And with his...grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair," saith he : "Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Ballads, English - 1844 - 188 pages
...from clay, Be God the trembling sinner's stay, Though heaven and earth shall pass away ! WALTER SCOTT. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with...grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair," saith he : " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me,... | |
 | Henry Gardiner Adams - 1844 - 274 pages
...flowers, wreathed by infant hands, Rested upon the stone." THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS, BY HW LONGFELLOW. There is a Reaper whose name is Death, And with his...that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ?" saith he, " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me,... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - Recitations - 1844 - 302 pages
...following lines, it becomes an Allegory. The author is PROFESSOR LONGFELLOW, of Cambridge, Massachusetts. There is a reaper whose name is Death, And with his...that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair to see ; Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will... | |
 | Christian education - 1844 - 304 pages
...fountain lead them, None now dare their zeal restrain. Hail redemption I Blest Immanuel, ever reign. JDW THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. There is a reaper whose...keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the nowers that grow between. ' Shall l have nought that Is fair ? ' saith he; ' Have nought but the bearded... | |
 | Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Iowa - 1901 - 788 pages
...leave — Lives such as theirs build their own monument." Kor our own loss at parting we may grieve ; ' There is a reaper whose name is Death, And with his...keen He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the "owers that grow between.' APPENDIX A. STATlSTlCS Grand and Sub«rdinate L«dges 1900. I. NAMES OP... | |
 | John Keese - Bereavement - 1844 - 140 pages
...Shining no where but in the dark, What mysteries do lie beyond thy duil. Could w« outlook that mark 1 " THERE is a Reaper whose name is Death, And with his...sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, " Shall I have nought that is fair," saith he : " Have nought but the bearded grain 'I Though the breath... | |
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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." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the... 
