 | 1847 - 390 pages
...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 he was once...white, These sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she could find them all again In... | |
 | 1840 - 882 pages
...need of these flowrets gay, The Reaper said, and smiled : Dftr tokens of the earth are they. Where be was once a child. They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, AfidsauiU, upon their garments white, These tiered blossoms wear. And the mother gave, in tears and... | |
 | 1839 - 742 pages
...bound them in his sheaves. '' My Lord has need of these flowers gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once...white These sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave in tears and pain The flowers she most did love ; But she knew she should find them all again... | |
 | 1839 - 744 pages
...bound them in his sheaves. '' My Lord has need of these flowers gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once...white These sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave in tears and pain The flowers she most did love ; But she knew she should find them all again... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1839 - 174 pages
...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 he was once...white, These sacred blossoms wear. And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find them all again In... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1840 - 178 pages
...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 he was once...white, These sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper... | |
 | Katharine Parker Gordon - 1842 - 156 pages
...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 he was once a child." In the broad fields of heaven, Amid undying flowers, Dwelling by Life's clear river, In the Immortal... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 278 pages
...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 he was once...white, These sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love j She knew she should lind them all again In... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 174 pages
...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 he was once...white, These sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find them all again In... | |
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Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. "They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear. 
