 I have nought that is fair?" saith he; "Have nought but the bearded grain? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves; It was for the...  Bentley's Miscellany - Page 480edited by - 1839Full view - About this book
 | 1847 - 390 pages
...longer than God has some work to do either by him or upon him ? M. Henry. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a reaper, whose name is Death, And, with...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... | |
 | 1870 - 726 pages
...strange thoughts, to dream of Oscar Temple lying dead as I had seen him but a few short months ago. " There is a reaper, whose name is Death, And with his...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between." PARAPHRASED FROM THE ITALIAN. Love on thy forehead sits, as on a throne, Beams in thine eyes, and warbles... | |
 | 1839 - 738 pages
...study disease in order to discover the art of preserving health. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. BY HENHT WORDSWORTH LONGFELLOW. THERE is a reaper, whose name...breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have naught that is fair to see, Have naught but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1839 - 174 pages
...any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with...a 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... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1839 - 626 pages
...dust, Could we outlook that mark!' ½ÒÜÒr VACaл. THE RF.APKR AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Renper, whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded ijrain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. IL ' Shall I have nought that is fair,' sait... | |
 | 1853 - 588 pages
...mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Could we outlook that mark." — Vaughan. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. There is a Reaper, whose name is death, And with his...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 their... | |
 | 1876 - 302 pages
...of death may pass over any of us this very night, and may change our countenances and send us away. There is a reaper whose name is Death, And with his...breath, And the flowers that grow between. ' Shall I have nought that is fair ? ' said he, ' Have nought but the bearded grain ? Tho' the breath of these... | |
 | 1856 - 1026 pages
...flowers — " ' Shall I have naught that is fair,' saith he ; ' Have naught but the bearded grain ?' He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between." t But it is a delightful thought, that He who passed through the several periods of human life, \\... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 278 pages
...left it there. He dared not steal The signet-ring of heaven^ THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. BY HKNRIT W. LONGFELLOW. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death,...breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ?" saith he ; " Have nought but the bearded grain t Though the breath of... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 174 pages
...any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with...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... | |
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