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... Bentley's Miscellany - Pagina 478geredigeerd door - 1839Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pagina’s
...Lord of Paradise He hound them in his sheaves. " My Lord hath need of these flowrets gay," The Eeaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are...they, " Where he was once a child. " They shall all hloom in fields of light, Transplanted hy my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred... | |
| Epitaphs, Augustus John Cuthbert HARE - 1856 - 86 pagina’s
...bloom, For beyond the clouds and beyond the tomb, It is there, it is there, my child." MBS. HEMAXS. "THE mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find them all again In the fields of light above. " Oh, not in cruelty, not in... | |
| Rev. William Henry Lewis - 1857 - 100 pagina’s
...It was for the Lord of paradise He bound them in his sheaves. 14 My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens...gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew that she should find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1857 - 242 pagina’s
...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...gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath,... | |
| St. John's in the Wilderness - 1857 - 166 pagina’s
...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...their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day. 'Twas an angel visited the green earth,... | |
| 1857 - 904 pagina’s
...It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. " My lord has need of these flow'rets gay," The reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens...And Saints, upon their garments white, These sacred garments wear." And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she... | |
| Grafted trees - 1857 - 164 pagina’s
...command, to come to us sometimes to say, as a poet sweetly sings, " ' My Lord hath need of these flowrets gay,' The reaper said, and smiled ; Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once a child." Jesus, however, does not gather all his plants early ; some he wants to remain in his earthly garden,... | |
| 1857 - 372 pagina’s
...world below. To every bereaved parent he addresses these words : — ' They shall all bloom in worlds of light. Transplanted by my care ; And saints, upon...their garments white. These sacred blossoms wear. Olí I not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day ; Tivas an nngel risked the green earth,... | |
| 1857 - 426 pagina’s
...their fond mother's side, Who lived to love and lose them — then she died." r Longfellow : — " The mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love ; She knew she should rind them all again In the fields of light above. " Oh, not in cruelty, not in... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1857 - 456 pagina’s
...his ^sheaves. 4. " My Lord has need of these tflowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smil'd ; " Dear t tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. 5. " They shall all bloom in the fields of light, ^Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their... | |
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