 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...  Echoes of Infant Voices - Page 10by M. A. H. - 1849 - 144 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Fashion - 1840 - 540 pages
...Reaper said, and smil'd : " Dear tokens of the earth are they. v. " They shall 'ill bloom in lie Ms of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints upon...their garments white These sacred blossoms wear.** vl. VI. And the mother gave, in tears and pain. The flowers she most did love ; But she knew she should... | |
 | American periodicals - 1839 - 584 pages
...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 smil'd : ' Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child.' ' They shall all bloom in... | |
 | 1853 - 588 pages
...bound them in his sheaves. "MylLord has need of these flowrets gay," The Reaper said, and smil'd : " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once...And saints upon their garments white These sacred blosoms wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowrets she most did love ; But she knew... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1876 - 302 pages
...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 He was once a child.' You like to think of yourselves as flowers ; WE WOULD SEE JESUS. Ill and one to say, ' I am a rose,'... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 278 pages
...eyes, He kiss'd 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 5 " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child, " They shall all bloom in fields... | |
 | 1844 - 298 pages
...drooping leaves; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. "My Lord hath need of the flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled: " Dear...And saints upon their garments white These sacred blosaoms wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowera she most did love ; But she knew... | |
 | Christian education - 1844 - 304 pages
...; It was for the Lord of Paradise Ho bound them in his sheaves. 'My Lord has need of these flowrets gay,' The reaper said and smiled ; ' Dear tokens of...earth are they, Where he was once a child. ' They all shall bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white,... | |
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