 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...  The Primitive Church Magazine - Page 391851Full view - About this book
 | J. S. A. - 1849 - 274 pages
...Paradise He 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...The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find them all again In the fields of Light above. Oh, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The reaper came... | |
 | M. A. H. - Children in literature - 1849 - 160 pages
...; It was for the Lord of Paradise " My Lord has need of these flowerets gay,' The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where...The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, ,not in wrath, The Reaper came... | |
 | 1856 - 1270 pages
...eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted...And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers he most did love She knew she should find them all again, In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty,... | |
 | 1854 - 672 pages
...Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord has need of these flowrets gay," The reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once a child. " They shall bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care ; And saints upon their garments white, These sacred... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 500 pages
...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...The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, " They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted...The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find them all again In the fields of light above. 0, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came... | |
 | 1850 - 560 pages
...Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Beaper said, and smiled; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. « 3 " They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints upon their garments... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...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, " Where...The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find them all again In the fields of light above. O not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that... | |
 | Samuel Prout Newcombe - 1851 - 398 pages
...Paradise He 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...The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find them all again In the fields of light above. Oh, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came... | |
 | Heavenly thoughts - 1851 - 318 pages
...of these flow'rets gay ;" The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, WhereHe was once a child. " They shall all bloom in fields...The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find them all again, In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came... | |
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