Vas - The Reaper And The Flowers lyrics

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There is a reaper, whose name is Death<br />

And, with his sickle keen<br />

He reaps the bearded grain at a breath<br />

And the flowers that grow between<br />

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There is a reaper, whose name is Death<br />

And, with his sickle keen<br />

He reaps the bearded grain at a breath<br />

And the flowers that grow between<br />

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Shall I have naught that is fair?, saith he<br />

Have naught but the bearded grain?<br />

Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me<br />

I will give them all back again.<br />

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He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes<br />

He kissed their drooping leaves<br />

It was for the lord of paradise<br />

He bound them in his sheaves<br />

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My Lord has need of these flowerets gay<br />

The Reaper said and smiled; <br />

'Dear tokens of the earth are they<br />

Where he was once a child<br />

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They shall all bloom in fields of light<br />

Transplanted by my care<br />

And saints, upon their garments white, <br />

These sacred blossoms wear<br />

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And the mother gave, in tears and pain, <br />

The flowers she most did love<br />

She knew she would find them all again<br />

In the fields of light above<br />

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Oh, not in cruelty, not in wrath<br />

The Reaper came that day<br />

'Twas an angel visited the green earth<br />

And took the flowers away<br />

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'Twas an angel visited the green earth<br />

And took the flowers away