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" 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... "
Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Page xxiii
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1880 - 417 pages
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The Penny Tract Magazine and Christian Miscellany

Christian literature, English - 1847 - 390 pages
...would wish to live a day longer than God has some work to do either by him or upon him ? M. Henry. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a reaper, whose...And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair," saith he, " Have nought but the bearded grain ! Though the breath of these flowers...
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The New Monthly Belle Assemblée, Volumes 72-73

Fashion - 1870 - 726 pages
...strange thoughts, to dream of Oscar Temple lying dead as I had seen him but a few short months ago. " There is a reaper, whose name is Death, And with his...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between." PARAPHRASED FROM THE ITALIAN. Love on thy forehead sits, as on a throne, Beams in thine eyes, and warbles...
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Voices of the Night

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Digital images - 1839 - 174 pages
...our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; Footsteps, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main,...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 of these flowers...
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Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 4

1839 - 742 pages
...discover the art of preserving health. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. BY HENHT WORDSWORTH LONGFELLOW. THERE is a reaper, whose name is Death, And with his...that grow between. " Shall I have naught that is fair to see, Have naught but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will...
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Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 6

Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1839 - 708 pages
...discover the art of preserving health. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. BY HENRY WORDSWORTH LONGFELLOW. THERE is a reaper, whose name is Death, And with his...breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall 1 have nought that is fair to see, Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 13

American periodicals - 1839 - 584 pages
...in the dark. What myateriM do He beyond thy du*t, Could we outlook that mark !' HKHRT ViUGHiN. THEBE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And with his sickle...breath, And the flowers that grow between. ' Shall 1 have nought that is fair,' saith he : ' Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of...
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Voices of the Night

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1840 - 182 pages
...shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again. us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor...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 of these flowers...
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The General Baptist repository, and Missionary observer [afterw.] The ...

1853 - 588 pages
...where but in the dark, What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Could we outlook that mark." — Vaughan. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. There is a Reaper, whose...And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair," saith he: " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of their flowers...
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The Dayspring

1876 - 302 pages
...of death may pass over any of us this very night, and may change our countenances and send us away. There is a reaper whose name is Death, And with his...And the flowers that grow between. ' Shall I have nought that is fair ? ' said he, ' Have nought but the bearded grain ? Tho' the breath of these flowers...
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Voices of the Night

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1843 - 570 pages
...of great men all remind us "We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footsteps on the sands of time ; Footprints, that perhaps another,...And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ? " saith he ; " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these...
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