...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...

...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...grain at a breath; And the flowers that grow between. ' He gazed at the flowers with tearful eye*, He raised their drooping leaves, It was for the Lord of...

...all, (thus she shewed the fruits of discipline.) And then one morning early the reaper came : — " There is a reaper, whose name is Death, And with his...grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between." The edge of his scythe was rather blunt ; and jagged the tender plant with pain, and anguish, and sorrow,...

...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...

...calm and deep, Lying on her mother's bosom, Little Bessie fell asleep. anfc t|e flutoeo. LOXOrELLOW. 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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...