 | Susan Ferrier - 1852 - 446 pages
...many hopes, the heir of many honours, was a lifeless lump of clay ! " The hand of the reaper Takes the ears that are hoary, But the voice of the weeper...Wails manhood in glory ; The autumn winds rushing Waft the leaves that are searest, But our flower was in flushing, When blighting was nearest." It was... | |
 | Henrietta Keddie - 1852 - 896 pages
...Moffat's yet comely bulk, and placid, pointless accents. CHAPTER XVII. The hand of the reaper Takes the ears that are hoary, But the voice of the weeper...Wails manhood in glory. The autumn winds rushing, Waft the leaves that are searest, But our flower was in flushing When blighting was nearest. SCOTTISH... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...rain-drops shall borrow, But to us comes no cheering, To Duncan no morrow ! 2. The hand of the reaper Takes the ears that are hoary, But the voice of the weeper...Wails manhood in glory ; The autumn winds rushing Waft the leaves that are searest, But our flower was in flushing When blighting was nearest. 3. Fleet... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1852 - 322 pages
...Christian usefulness as the happiest that this short-lived world affords. " The hand of the reaper Takes the ears that are hoary; But the voice of the weeper Wails manhood in glory." c2 CHAPTER VII. " I've seen yon weary winter's sun Twice forty years return ; And every year has added... | |
 | Free Public Library (New Bedford, Mass.) - 1853 - 700 pages
...left us mourners over blasted hopes and disappointed anticipations. " The hand of the reaper Takes the ears that are hoary, But the voice of the weeper Wails manhood in glory. The autumn winds rushing Waft the leaves that are searest, But our flower was in flushing, When blighting was nearest." f Thus... | |
 | Free Public Library (New Bedford, Mass.) - 1853 - 906 pages
...left us mourners over blasted hopes and disappointed anticipations. " The hand of the reaper Takes the ears that are hoary, But the voice of the weeper Wails manhood in glory. The autumn winds rushing Waft the leaves that are searest, But our flower was in flushing, When blighting was nearest." \ Thus... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1853 - 242 pages
...manners were assimilated to those of her friends. CHAPTER V. The autumn winds rushing, Waft the winds that are serest ; But our flower was in flushing, When blighting was nearest. SCOTT. CHRISTMAS was at hand, the boys were returning from school, and the house was to be filled with... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1854 - 892 pages
...shall borrow, But to us comes no cheering, To Duncan no morrow ! The hand of the reaper Takes the cars that are hoary, But the voice of the weeper Wails manhood in glory. i MS. — " Seems all too lively and too lottd." v MS. — " 'Tú woman's scream, 'tis childhood's... | |
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...rain-drops shall borrow, But to us comes no cheering, To Duncan no morrow ! The hand of the reaper Takes the ears that are hoary, But the voice of the weeper...Wails manhood in glory ; The autumn winds, rushing, Waft the leaves that are serest, But our flower was in flushing When blighting was nearest. Fleet foot... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - American poetry - 1855 - 452 pages
...rain-drops shall borrow, But to us comes no cheering, To Duncan no morrow ! The hand of the reaper Takes the ears that are hoary, But the voice of the weeper...Wails manhood in glory ; The autumn winds, rushing, Waft the leaves that are serest, But our flower was in flushing When blighting was nearest. Fleet foot... | |
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The hand of the reaper Takes the ears that are hoary, But the voice of the weeper Wails manhood in glory. The autumn winds rushing Waft the leaves that are searest, But our flower was in flushing, When blighting was nearest. 
