| Robert Northmore Greville - 1848 - 434 Seiten
...from shore, For they who meet in glory never part. THE BEAPER AND THE FLOWERS. PROFESSOR LONGFELLOW. THERE is a Reaper whose name is Death, And with his...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ?" saith he— " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the... | |
| Timothy Stone Pinneo - 1847 - 502 Seiten
...district, and seemed defended even by its beauty ? HOWITT. LESSON XVI. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper whose name is Death, And, with his...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have naught that is fair 1" saith he ; " Have naught but the bearded grain ? Though the breath... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 128 Seiten
...volume. From the " Voices of the Night" we may may make extract of " THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. " There is a reaper, whose name is Death, And, with...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... | |
| William Balmbro'. Flower - 1848 - 304 Seiten
...long way that I must tread alone, Will lead my steps aright. Bryant. THE REAPEB AND THE FLOWEBS. THEBE is a reaper whose name is Death, And, with his sickle...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ?" saith he ; " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath... | |
| 1854 - 672 Seiten
...he'll rear, And bear through every fear, — Him trust. SELECTED POETRY. THE REAPER AXD THE FLOWERS. THERE is a reaper, whose name is Death, And with his...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... | |
| J. S. A. - 1849 - 274 Seiten
...grownup people. But now you shall hear the poem speak for itself : — THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. There is a Reaper whose name is Death, And with his...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ?" saith he ; " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath... | |
| John Seely Hart - 1849 - 934 Seiten
...these earthly damps What seera to us but dim, funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps. There is no Death ! what seems so is transition ; This life...suburb of the life elysian, Whose portal we call Death. She ie not dead— the child of our affectionBut gone unto that school, Where she no longer needs our... | |
| M. A. H. - 1849 - 160 Seiten
...Amid these earthly damps What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps. There is no Death ! What seems so is transition; This life...suburb of the life elysian, Whose portal we call Death. She is not dead, — the child of oar affection, — But gone unto that school Where she no longer... | |
| 1856 - 1270 Seiten
...Amid these earthly damps, What seem to us but sad, funeral tapers May be heaven's distant lamps. There is no death ! what seems so is transition ; This life...of the life Elysian, Whose portal, we call death. She is not dead, — the child of our affection, But gone into that school Where she no longer needs... | |
| 1849 - 742 Seiten
...Amid these earthly damps What seem to us but dim funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps. There is no Death ! what seems so is transition ; This life...suburb of the life elysian, Whose portal we call Death. She is not dead — the child of our affection — But gone unto that school, Where ehe no longer needs... | |
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