 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...  English Grammar for the Use of Schools - Página 61por Thomas Morrison (LL.D.) - 1872Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1857 - 904 páginas
...can these lines of Longfellow be of any solace : THERE is a reaper whose name is Death, And, with a sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have naught that is fair ?" saith he ; " Have naught but the bearded grain ? Tho' the breath... | |
 | 1858 - 364 páginas
...voice is borne upon th« air. It shall fall like dew upon the stricken flower. Listen to the chant t ' There is a Reaper whose name is Death, And with his...grow between. ' He gazed at the flowers with tearful eye*, He raised their drooping leaves, It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheave*.... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1858 - 292 páginas
...too much, But great ones not at all. THE EEAPEE AND THE FLOWEES. \VH LONOTELLOW.] [Jfimc by JW HoiES. There is a reaper whose name is Death, And, with his...grain at 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... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - 1858 - 240 páginas
...upon his feet, and made a parting bow to the gallery. LXV.—THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. LONGFELLOW. THERE is a reaper, whose name is Death; And, with...grain at 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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1922 - 910 páginas
...still pursuing. Learn to labor and to wait. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS THEKE is a Reaper, whose nann is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, 'Shall I have naught that is fair?' saitb he; 'Have naught but the bearded grain? Though the breath... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922 - 1422 páginas
...consoler, Laying his hand upon many a heart, had healed it forever. LONGFELLOW — Evangeline. Pt. II. V. 5 w ᎀ O 0 ⁀ lie reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. LONGFELLOW — Reaper ami... | |
 | Elmer James Bailey - 1922 - 282 páginas
...more vividly, now as the Driver of the ploughshare in whose furrow we are sown; now as the Reaper who reaps the bearded grain at a breath and the flowers that grow between; and now as the Angel of the amaranthine wreath, descending to whisper with a breath divine the summons... | |
 | William Valentine Kelley - 1922 - 358 páginas
...him in flocks; but with this difference, that her magic spell spares neither sex nor age, but "mows the bearded grain at a breath and the flowers that grow between." Children of all ages from six to seventy follow in her train. In Chicago the street urchins are out... | |
 | Lillian Eichler Watson - 1924 - 912 páginas
...faithful to the old superstitious notion that attributed death to a grim and unseen Reaper. He tells us: There is a Reaper whose name is Death And with his...grain at a breath And the flowers that grow between. Among the ancients, death was the great Evil before which the strongest tribesman quailed. Our savage... | |
 | Richard Le Gallienne - 1925 - 448 páginas
...is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts." The Reaper and the Flowers There is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. "Shall I have naught that is fair?" saith he; "Have naught but the bearded grain? Though the breath... | |
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