John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
6485 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807-1882 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 6485 |
| AUTHOR: | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) |
| QUOTATION: | There is a reaper whose name is Death, 1 And with his sickle keen He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | The Reaper and the Flowers. |
| Note 1. There is a Reaper whose name is death.—Arnim and Brentano. Erntelied. (From “Des Knaben Wunderhorn,” ed. 1857, vol. i. p. 59.) [back] |