And 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. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day; Twas an angel visited the green earth, And took the... Exhibition of the Royal Academy - Page 44by Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain) - 1887Full view - About this book
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1839 - 174 pages
...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, The Reaper came that day ; 'T was an angel visited the green earth, And took the flowers away. THE LIGHT OF STARS. THE night... | |
| 1840 - 540 pages
...most did love ; But she knew she should find them all again, In the fields oflight above. vil. Vll. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day ; *T was an anirel visited the green earth, And took the flowers away. OFF CAPE HORN, OR DEATH AND... | |
| 1853 - 588 pages
...flowrets she most did love ; But she knew she could find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day ; 'Twas an angel visited the green earth, And took the flowers away. HENRY LONOFELLOW. REVIEW. INTRODUcTION... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 278 pages
...love ; She knew she should find them all again In the fields of light above. 30 * '*>3) 234 DEMOCRACY. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day ; Twas an angel visited the green earth, And took the flowers away. DEMOCRACY. BY JOHN GBEENLEAF WBITTIKB.... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 174 pages
...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, The Reaper came that day ; 'T was an angel visited the green earth, And took the flowers away. THE LIGHT OF STARS. THE night... | |
| William Bentley Fowle - 1844 - 302 pages
...all again In the fields of light above. 0, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The reaper came that day ; T was an angel visited the green earth, And took the flowers away. LESSON LII. THE ASCENT OF THE SPIRIT. The following poem is by MARY HOWITT, and is full of the pure... | |
| 1844 - 298 pages
...flowera she most did love ; But she knew she should find them all again, In the fieldd of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day : *T was an angel visited the green earth, And took the flowers away. THE DISEMBODIED SPIRIT. WM. 0.... | |
| 1844 - 304 pages
...light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon 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, And took the nowers away. on MISSIONS IN MADRAS, &c. By HOOLR.... | |
| Henry Gardiner Adams - 1844 - 274 pages
...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, The Reaper came that day ; 'Twas an angel visited the green earth, And took the flowers away. THE WEDDING WAKE, BY GEORGE DARLET.... | |
| John Keese - 1844 - 140 pages
...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 in wrath, The Reaper came that day : Twas an angel visited the green earth, THE DISEMBODIED SPIRIT. Wtf. 0. B. PEABODY. OH 1 sacred star... | |
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