 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...  Light for early days (hymns and verses). - Page 36by Light - 1861Full view - About this book
 | Christian literature, English - 1847 - 390 pages
...sweet to me, I will give them all back again." He gazed at the flc wers with tearful eyes, He kiss'd their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise...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... | |
 | American periodicals - 1839 - 584 pages
...the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again' He gazed al the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves...bound them in his sheaves. ' My Lord has need of these flowerets gay,' The Reaper said, and smil'd : ' Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Digital images - 1839 - 174 pages
...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...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 a... | |
 | Fashion - 1840 - 540 pages
...breath of these flowers Is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." in. He razed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves...the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. IV. " My Lord has need of these flowerets pay," The Reaper said, and smil'd : " Dear tokens of the... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1839 - 708 pages
...will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, And kiss'd their tremulous leaves; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord has need of these flowers gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once... | |
 | 1839 - 742 pages
...will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, And kiss'd their tremulous leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord has need of these flowers gay," The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once... | |
 | 1853 - 588 pages
...the breath of their 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...the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. "MylLord has need of these flowrets gay," The Reaper said, and smil'd : " Dear tokens of the earth... | |
 | 1876 - 302 pages
...you can repeat the verses. He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, And he kissed their tremulous leaves; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. ' My Lord hath need of these flowers gay,' The reaper said, and smiled; 'Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where... | |
 | Katharine Parker Gordon - Children - 1842 - 156 pages
...us there, THE PRESENCE OF GOD is HEAVEN. CHILDREN IN HEAVEN. " My Lord hath need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where lie was once a child." In the broad fields of heaven, Amid undying flowers, Dwelling by Life's clear... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 174 pages
...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...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... | |
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