 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Ballads, English - 1844 - 188 pages
...pass away ! WALTER SCOTT. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that...again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kiss'd their drooping leaves; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. "My Lord... | |
 | Christian education - 1844 - 304 pages
...his sickle 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...Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, l will give them all back again.' He gaz'd at the nowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping... | |
 | William Bentley Fowle - Recitations - 1844 - 302 pages
...Cambridge, Massachusetts. There is a reaper whose name is Death, 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 to see ; Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will... | |
 | John Keese - Bereavement - 1844 - 140 pages
...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 of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." He gazed at... | |
 | 1868
...of a reaper : for — "There is a reaper, whose name is Death, And witli his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between.*' The boys worked on, and his thoughts wandered from himself to them. Were they prepared for that harvest... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers - 1844 - 492 pages
...REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. 1. THEKE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. 2. " Shall I have nought that is fair?" saith he; " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1845 - 46 pages
...REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, le 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 ? Though the breath of these... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...FLOWERS. — Longfellow. THERE is a reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his 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 ? Though the breath of these... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1846 - 130 pages
...REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall l have naught that is fair? " saith he ; " Have naught but the bearded grain '! Though the breath of... | |
 | L E. P - 1847 - 226 pages
...THE FLOWERS.* " There is a Reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen He reaps the hearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between....is sweet to me, I will give them all back again.' * The reader will probably recognise these charming verses from the pen of Professor Longfellow. He... | |
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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. 
