Literature.
Santa Claus writes, in reply to Little Bo-Peep's question, that the lines—
"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"
are by Longfellow, and are to be found in a poem called "The Reaper and the Flowers." Answers also received from twenty-two other readers.
Celia Oakley writes that the line—
"Music hath charms to sooth the savage breast"
is to be found in the tragedy of The Mourning Bride, by William Congreve (1670-1729). Thirty-six answers to the same effect also received.
T. C. would like to know if any one could tell her the author of the following verse, and where it is to be found—
"Rain, rain, for ever falling,
Trembling, pouring slow or fast,
Through the mist a voice is calling
From the unforgotten past."
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