 | William Valentine Kelley - 1922 - 358 pągines
...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 - 1422 pągines
...— 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 Greenlaw, Clarence Stratton - 1922 - 648 pągines
...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 Greenlaw, William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1922 - 650 pągines
...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 - 244 pągines
...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 - 912 pągines
...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... | |
 | Richard Le Gallienne - 1925 - 448 pągines
...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; "Have naught but the bearded grain? Though the breath of these flowers... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 408 pągines
...REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. THEKF. 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 1 have naught that is fair?" saith he ; " Have naught but the liearded grain ? Though the breath of... | |
 | 1927 - 984 pągines
...until she also realized that, "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. ' ' JACOB FLICKINGER-NANCY HALL II Jacob Flickinycr. b in Stone Valley, 1831, at four passed with his... | |
 | 1860 - 856 pągines
...AND FEARS. CHAPTER III. " There is a reaper — his nnme is Death, And with his sk'kle keen lie reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between." A LETTER from Humfrey ! how Honor's heart fluttered! Would it announce an engagement, or would it promise... | |
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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. 
