 | 1847 - 390 pages
...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...pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she could find them all again In the fields of light above. Oh not in cruelty, not in wrath, The reaper... | |
 | 1839 - 742 pages
...of these flowers 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...gave in tears and pain The flowers she most did love ; But she knew she should find them all again In the fields of light above. Oh, not in cruelty, not... | |
 | 1839 - 584 pages
...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 fields...gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; But she knew she should find them all again, In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1839 - 614 pages
...said, and emil'd : ' Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child.' ' They shall tll bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints upon iheir garments while These sacred blossoms wear.' YI. And the mother gave, in tears and pain, Thu flowers... | |
 | 1853 - 588 pages
...of these flowrets 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 fields...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... | |
 | 1843 - 184 pages
...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...find them all again In the fields of light above. 0 not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day ! 'Twas an Angel visited the green earth,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 278 pages
...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...find them all again In the fields of light above. 30 * '*>3) 234 DEMOCRACY. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day ; Twas an angel... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 188 pages
...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...most did love ; She knew she should find them all aguin In the fields of light above. Oh, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day; 'Twas... | |
 | John Keese - 1844 - 140 pages
...need of the 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...gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; But she knew she should find them all again, In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not... | |
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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... 
