And in his hand a sickle he did holde, to reape the ripened fruits the which the Earth had yold

And in his hand a sickle he did holde, to reape the ripened fruits the which the Earth had yold

The line "And in his hand a sickle he did holde, to reape the ripened fruits the which the Earth had yold" is from Edmund Spenser's epic poem "The Faerie Queene." This particular line is from Book V, Canto II, where the character of Time is described as holding a sickle to symbolize the passing of time and the reaping of the fruits of labor.