 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...  Philips' graduated standard poetry book - Page 54by Philip George and son, ltd - 1885 - 96 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Gideon Michael Jones Barker - Wensleydale (England) - 1854 - 366 pages
...breath, And the flowers that grow between. ' Shall I have nought that is fair ? ' said he ; ' Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these...was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. have observed an enumeration of the distinguished individuals produced by the baronial House... | |
 | Edwin Davies (D.D.) - Bereavement - 1854 - 156 pages
...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...was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves." DEATH is in the world : this is as clear as the sun in the sky. It is also equally clear... | |
 | 1854 - 362 pages
...grow between. " Shall I have naught that is fair ?" saith he ; " Have naught but the bearded grain 1 Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me,...was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper sajd, and smiled; " Dear tokens of... | |
 | William Gideon Michael Jones Barker - Wensleydale (England) - 1854 - 380 pages
...breath, And the flowers that grow between. ' Shall I have nought that is fair ?' said he; ' Have nought but the bearded grain? Though the breath of these...drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise THE PRESENT DAY. have observed an enumeration of the distinguished individuals produced by the baronial... | |
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...flowers tudt grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ? " saith he ; " Have nought but th» bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers...drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise ' My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 580 pages
...saith he; „Have nauglit but the bearded grain? Though tlie breath of these flowers is sweet to rae, I will give them all back again." He gazed at the...leaves; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in bis sheaves. „My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Eeaper eaid, and smiled; ,,Dear tokens... | |
 | Sacred poetry - 1854 - 268 pages
...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...again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kiss'd their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise, He bound them in their sheaves. "My... | |
 | 1896 - 858 pages
...some's King Pippins, that's like little Lady Lilian, all so fine and rosy for dessert." CHAPTER II. " Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." SPRISG was coming round once again, and the little Mays had almost forgotten the Christmas that had... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 264 pages
...breath, And the flowers thatgrow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ?" saith he ; " Have nought but the bearded grain? Though the breath of these...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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 568 pages
...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...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... | |
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