 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
 | Gems - 1851 - 206 pages
...flow'rets gay," The reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, " Where once He was a child. " They shall all bloom in fields of light,...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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 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...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... | |
 | lady Avice (fict. name.) - 1851 - 336 pages
...Straight is the line of Duty ; Walk by the last, and thou shall see The other ever followeth thee !" " And the mother gave in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should meet them all again, In the fields of light above." LONGFELLOW. AVICE, too, had learned to fear. To... | |
 | Ann Jane - 1851 - 964 pages
...me, I will give them all back again. My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once a child." Oh! what have we looked on since last we met ? We have seen disease, desolation, and death—anxious... | |
 | 1851 - 268 pages
...lines that say — " My Lord hath need of these flowrets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled. " Sweet tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once a child."* But even if not taken when children, men must soon die ; the winter of old age must come at last to... | |
 | Choice descriptive poetry - 1852 - 112 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... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - English poetry - 1852 - 356 pages
...them in his sheaves. 240 LONGFELLOW. " My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they Where...blossoms wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain. Those flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find them all again In the fields of light above.... | |
 | American poetry - 1852 - 196 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...These sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave, in tear and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she would find them all again, In the fields... | |
 | J. B. Syme - Death - 1852 - 196 pages
...flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, THE MOURNER'S FRIEND. " 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... | |
 | Mrs. Anderson (Caroline Dorothea), Caroline Dorothea Anderson (hon.) - 1852 - 280 pages
...to God, who had allowed her to enjoy them for a few short years. He had now " resumed them again," " And the mother gave in tears and pain 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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