 | 1865
...(2 Kings iv. 18—20). THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. " Shall I have nought that is fair ? " said he ; " Have nought but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to... | |
 | Charles H. Sylvester - 1922
...HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his 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? Though the breath of these flowers... | |
 | Elmer James Bailey - 1922 - 258 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1922
...brings out the meaning: " ' There is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between.' "A Reaper — a man walking in the grain, cutting it as he goes. Not with a machine such as we see... | |
 | William Valentine Kelley - 1922 - 346 pàgines
...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... | |
 | KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922
...— Evangdine. Pt. II. V. 5 There is a Reaper whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen, He reaps provinces. Antony and Cleopatra. Act III. Sc. 10. L. 5. 19 And h IXJNGFELLOW — Reaptr anil the Flowers. Compare ARNLM and BRENTANO — ErntilU.il, in Des Knaben Wunticrharn.... | |
 | Edwin Almiron Greenlaw, William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1922
...breath, And the flowers that grow between. "Shall I have naught that is fair?" saith he; 5 "Have naught but the bearded grain? Though the breath of these...with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves; 10 It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. "My Lord has need of these flowerets... | |
 | Edwin Almiron Greenlaw, William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1922
...THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS There is a Reaper whose name is Death, And, with his 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; s "Have naught but the bearded grain? Though the breath of these flowers... | |
 | New Jersey State Horticultural Society - 1906
...Dr. Ward has said. Truly, "There is a reaper whose name is Death; And with his sickle keen He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between." As to our late Secretary, I would say that to know him was to respect him; to know him. well was to... | |
 | Lillian Eichler Watson - 1924 - 753 pàgines
...unseen Reaper. He tells us: There is a Reaper whose name is Death And with his sickle keen He reaps the bearded 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... | |
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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. 
