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... Poems - Page 9by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853Full view - About this book
| Christian literature, English - 1847 - 390 pages
...sweet to me, I will give them all back again." He gazed at the flc wers with tearful eyes, He kiss'd their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise...of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. " They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints upon their garments... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Digital images - 1839 - 174 pages
...bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again. He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed...of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white,... | |
| American periodicals - 1839 - 584 pages
...grain ? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again' He gazed al the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping...need of these flowerets gay,' The Reaper said, and smil'd : ' Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child.' ' They shall all bloom in... | |
| Fashion - 1840 - 540 pages
...t Thomrh the breath of these flowers Is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." in. He razed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their...the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. IV. " My Lord has need of these flowerets pay," The Reaper said, and smil'd : " Dear tokens of the... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1839 - 708 pages
...will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, And kiss'd their tremulous leaves; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord has need of these flowers gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once... | |
| 1839 - 742 pages
...will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, And kiss'd their tremulous leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord has need of these flowers gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once... | |
| 1853 - 588 pages
...bearded grain ? Though the breath of their flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes ; He kissed...the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. "MylLord has need of these flowrets gay," The Reaper said, and smil'd : " Dear tokens of the earth... | |
| Katharine Parker Gordon - Children - 1842 - 156 pages
...that waits for us there, THE PRESENCE OF GOD is HEAVEN. ( 139 ) CHILDREN IN HEAVEN. " My Lord hath need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said and...of the earth are they, Where he was once a child." In the broad fields of heaven, Amid undying flowers, Dwelling by Life's clear river, In the Immortal... | |
| Katharine Parker Gordon - Children - 1842 - 156 pages
...the spirit that waits for us there, THE PRESENCE OF GOD is HEAVEN. CHILDREN IN HEAVEN. " My Lord hath need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said and...smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where lie was once a child." In the broad fields of heaven, Amid undying flowers, Dwelling by Life's clear... | |
| 1876 - 302 pages
...you can repeat the verses. He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, And he kissed their tremulous leaves; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. ' My Lord hath need of these flowers gay,' The reaper said, and smiled; 'Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where... | |
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