 The 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 I have nought that is fair?" saith he; "Have nought but the bearded grain? Though...  Poetical Works - Seite 3von Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 656 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 796 Seiten
...labor and to wait. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. There is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with hia sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath,...bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers is aweet to me, I will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kiss'd... | |
 | 1904 - 512 Seiten
...JANE, | dau. of | George R. & Mary A. | Meade, | died Aug. 29, 1806, | Aged 15 yr's. 11 mo's | 14 days. There is a reaper, whose name is Death; And with his...the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grate between. This poem in life she loved to read, | And in Death ; were her last words. MISS SARAH... | |
 | Jeannette Leonard Gilder - 1905 - 330 Seiten
...deep-voiced, neighboring ocean Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answers the wail of the forest. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS THERE is a Reaper whose...naught but the bearded grain? Though the breath of those flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful... | |
 | 1905 - 492 Seiten
...repine because the Master calleth for thee and seek to answer this problem with earthly wisdom, for " There is a reaper whose name is death, And with his...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between." When two such men as PHINEAS M. SAVERY and IRVIN MILLER pass away and the friendship cemented by long... | |
 | Margaret Elizabeth Sangster - 1907 - 300 Seiten
...gone to the upland pastures where the Good Shepherd takes the tenderest care of His little flock. " There is a reaper whose name is Death, And, with his...grow between. " 'Shall I have naught that is fair?' said he, ' Naught but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1907 - 686 Seiten
..."all devouring scythe of Time," and is gathered into the land where our fathers have gone before us. "There is a reaper whose name is Death, And with his...grain at a breath And the flowers that grow between." In all this company there is none who has not occasion to think tenderly of his dead, and none who... | |
 | Margaret Elizabeth Sangster - 1907 - 310 Seiten
...Good Shepherd takes the tenderest care of His little flock. " There is a reaper whose name is Death, j And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain...grow between. " 'Shall I have naught that is fair? ' said he, ' Naught but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will... | |
 | Waitman Barbe - 1909 - 252 Seiten
...bloom in the fields of light," for "of such is the kingdom of heaven." THE REAPER AND THE FLOWER8 1 There is a Reaper whose name is Death, And, with his...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. 2 "Shall I have naught that is fair?" saith he; "Have naught but the bearded grain? Though the breath... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1910 - 294 Seiten
...any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, 35 Learn to labor and to wait. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS0 THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with...between. "Shall I have naught that is fair?" saith he; 5 "Have naught but the bearded grain? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give... | |
 | 1910 - 608 Seiten
...Columbus, his critics up all nttempts at ridicule. ITT. Margin ~\ Capital Review. Comma ) Dictation: "Shall I have naught that is fair?" saith he: "Have...is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." — The Reaper and the Flowers — HW Longfellow. Twelfth Week. 95 Fifth Ave., Dear Henry: New York,... | |
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