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
| Margaret Fraser Barbour - Children - 1856 - 406 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. Oh, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day 'Twas an angel visited the green... | |
| Helen P. Warner - Christian biography - 1856 - 132 pages
...need 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. " 0, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The reaper came that day ; 'Twas an angel visited the green... | |
| Songs - 1856 - 712 pages
...of these flowerets gay," The Eeaper 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. Oh, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Eeaper came that day ; 'Twas an angel visited the green... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...fields of light, Transplanted hy my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred hlossoms wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The...should find them all again In the fields of light ahove. 0 not in cruelty, not in wrath, • The Eeaper came that day ; Twas an angel visited the green... | |
| Epitaphs, Augustus John Cuthbert HARE - 1856 - 86 pages
...bloom, For beyond the clouds and beyond the tomb, It is there, it is there, my child." MBS. HEMAXS. "THE mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she...should find them all again In the fields of light above. " Oh, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Eeaper came that day ; 'Twas an angel visited the green... | |
| Reading book - 1856 - 352 pages
...of these flowerets gay," The Eeaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once a child. " They shall all bloom in fields...by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find them... | |
| L. A. Holdich - Catechisms - 1856 - 122 pages
...the young and the poor." LESSON XH. THE LITTLE BOAT AND THE YOUNG SAILOR. " And the mother gave, with tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find them all again In the brighter land above." FAR away from us, over the great sea, is a country through which there flows... | |
| Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 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 of light, TranBplanted by my care, A.nd saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear." 23 And... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - Readers (Elementary) - 1857 - 242 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 ; 'Twas an angel visited the green... | |
| Rev. William Henry Lewis - Suffering - 1857 - 100 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...and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew that she should find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath,... | |
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