 There is a reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded gram at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. * * * * " He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves, It was for the Lord of Paradise'...  The Living Authors of America: 1st ser - Page 164by Thomas Powell - 1850 - 365 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sacred poetry - 1854 - 268 pages
...Not in the moist flowers at even See we our God so nigh. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. By LONGFELLOW. THERE is a Reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1855 - 440 pages
...achieved, Determined, dared, and done. 404 BEAUTIFUL POETRT. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. By LONGFELLOW. THERE is a reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - American poetry - 1855 - 452 pages
...witness thy dying, In the arms of Hellvellyn and Catchedicam. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. — Longfellow. THERE is a reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ? " saith... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 472 pages
...any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ?" saith he;... | |
 | Fanny Fern - American literature - 1855 - 346 pages
...voice is borne upon the air. It shall fall like dew upon the stricken flower. Listen to the chant! '• There is a Reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath; And the flowers that grow between. ' He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 264 pages
...any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers thatgrow between. " Have nought but the bearded grain? Though the... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...wide domain, And his rich treasury swells with hoarded grain. BARBAULD. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ?" saith he... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1856 - 432 pages
...any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair?" saith he;... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1856 - 810 pages
...any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labour and to wait. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair?' ' saith... | |
 | Margaret Fraser Barbour - Children - 1856 - 406 pages
...Can see when it is given, To join as kindred spirits, The choristry of heaven. Jflotes. (LONGFELLOW.) THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. THE WAY HOME. " Shall I have naught that IB fair... | |
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