 | 1847 - 390 sidor
...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...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 sidor
...; 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...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 sidor
...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...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 sidor
...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... | |
 | 1853 - 588 sidor
...bound them in his sheaves. "MylLord has need of these flowrets gay," The Reaper said, and smil'd : " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once...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... | |
 | Katharine Parker Gordon - 1842 - 156 sidor
...there, THE PRESENCE OF GOD is HEAVEN. ( 139 ) CHILDREN IN HEAVEN. " My Lord hath need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child." In the broad fields of heaven, Amid undying flowers, Dwelling by Life's clear river, In the Immortal... | |
 | 1876 - 302 sidor
...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 He was once a child.' You like to think of yourselves as flowers ; WE WOULD SEE JESUS. Ill and one to say, ' I am a rose,'... | |
 | Katharine Parker Gordon - 1842 - 156 sidor
...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... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 188 sidor
...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...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... | |
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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... 
