 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...  Children's Praise - Page 19by Julius Henry Waterbury - 1871 - 126 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Harbaugh - Future life - 1853 - 365 pages
...need of the flowerets gay," The reaper said, and smiled; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once a child. " They shall all bloom in fields...pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she would find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The reaper... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853
...gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. u They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted...gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day ; ?T was an angel visited the green earth.... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - Readers (Elementary) - 1853 - 480 pages
...''" Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear." 6. And the mother gave, in tears and pain. The flowers...should find them all again, In the fields of light above. 7. 0, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that clay ; 'T was an angel visited the... | |
 | Martha Noyes Williams - Suffering - 1853 - 274 pages
...of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. " They shall all bloom in fields...their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear." ON THE DEATH OF AN INFANT. 131 And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1853
...of these flowerets gay," The reaper said, and smiled; "Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once a child. "They shall all bloom in fields...Transplanted by my care ; And saints upon their garments whit'* These sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did... | |
 | John George Hollway - Norway - 1853 - 160 pages
...grow between;" but they also knew that " They all shall bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by his care, And saints upon their garments white These sacred blossoms wear. And the mother gave, though with tears and pain, The flowers she most did love, She knew she should find them all again... | |
 | Sacred poetry - 1854 - 236 pages
...of these flow'rets gay," The Reaper said and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. " They shall all bloom in fields...should find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day ; 'Twas an angel visited the green... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 553 pages
...of these flowerets gay," The Eeaper eaid, and smiled; ,,Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. „They shall all bloom in fields...should find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day; 'Twas an angel visited the green... | |
 | William Gideon Michael Jones Barker - Wensleydale (England) - 1854 - 296 pages
...of these flow'rets gay,' The Reaper said, and smiled ; ' Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child.' ' They shall all bloom in fields...should find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day; ' Twas an angel visited the green... | |
 | Poetry - 1854 - 430 pages
...of these flowerets gay," The reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. " They shall all bloom in fields...should find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The reaper came that day; "T was an angel visited the green... | |
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