My Lord has need 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, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred... Readings in American Poetry - Página 233por Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 264 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1862 - 548 páginas
...bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper sai I, and smiled ; Dear tokens of the earth are they. Where he was once...pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she would find them all again In the fields of light above. Oh, not in cruelty, not in pain, The Reaper... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 796 páginas
...flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he once was a child. " They shall all bloom in fields of light,...care, And saints, upon their garments white, These saered blossoms wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love; She knew... | |
| Stephen Frederick Williams - 1862 - 328 páginas
...she thinks are loving — and so he said, with a voice as of a comforting Saviour, "They all shall bloom in fields of light, , Transplanted by my care...their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear." And thus she lives on, thinking of her flowers blooming up there, beyond those stars, iu the " everlasting... | |
| William Nicholson - 1862 - 592 páginas
...found them in his sheaves. "My Lord hath 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 all shall bloom In fields of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints upon their garments white,... | |
| Edward Thomas Stevens - 1863 - 234 páginas
...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...pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she would find them all again In the fields of light above. Oh, not in cruelty, not in pain, The Reaper... | |
| Wesleyan Methodist missionary society - 1863 - 204 páginas
...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...pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she could find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The reaper... | |
| 1864 - 606 páginas
...bound them in his sheaves. "Mv Lord hath need of these flowerets gay," The reaper said, and smiled : "Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once...pain, The flowers she most did love; She knew she would find them all again, In the fields of light, above. 0, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The reaper... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 712 páginas
...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...pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she shorld find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper... | |
| 1723 - 230 páginas
...' The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord." —Job i. 21. ND the mother gave in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; For she knew she'd find them all again, In the fields of light above. SUNDAY EVENING WITH THE CHILDREN.... | |
| William Edward Schenck - 1865 - 354 páginas
...bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord hath need of these flowerets gay," The reaper said, and smiled; "Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once...bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, It And saints upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear." And the mother gave in tears... | |
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