 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...O'er many an inch extends his wide domain, And his rich treasury swells with hoarded grain. BAKBAULD. 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... | |
 | Songs - 1856 - 712 pages
...or conceal' d, Disperse it, as now light dispels the dark. JOHN MILTON. iLort fjatfj Neetr of tfjese is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle...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... | |
 | Helen P. Warner - Christian biography - 1856 - 132 pages
...playful words, and songs, and music. At length some one proposed singing these words : "THE REAPER. " There is a reaper, whose name is Death, And with his...And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have naught that is fair ? saith he, Have naught but the bearded grain? Though the breath of these flowers... | |
 | Margaret Fraser Barbour - Children - 1856 - 406 pages
...is given, To join as kindred spirits, The choristry of heaven. Asox. rnib % Jflofotrs. (LONGFELLOW.) THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with...And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have naught that is fair r saith he; " Have naught but the bearded grain ? Tho' the breath of these flowers... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1856 - 624 pages
...lightsome heart and eager hand. Fring,t There is a Reaper, whoso name is Death, And with his siekle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow betwetn. Longfellow s Poems 37 » REASON. He. that is of reason's skill bereft, And wants the staff... | |
 | Reading book - 1856 - 352 pages
...making melody in your hearts to the Lord." LESSON 18. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THEBE ia a Eeaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the hearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair?"... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...the enjoyment of every innocent pleasure." — Sturm. HOPE BEYOND THE GRAVE. 325 THERE is a Eeaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the hearded grain at a hreath, And the flowers that grow hetween. " Shall I have nought that is fair ?"... | |
 | St. John's in the Wilderness - 1857 - 166 pages
...He should touch them." " And He took them up in His arms, put His hands on them, and blessed them." 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 me,... | |
 | Rev. William Henry Lewis - Suffering - 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...And the flowers that grow between. ' Shall I have naught that is fair," saith he — " Have naught but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 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... | |
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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... 
