The answer is that the meaning of <span>reapers in the sentence is that "</span>people who toil". This is a general name of a person that harvests a crop. They gather or cut those crop from a peace of land.
The above lines have been taken from the poem "The Lady of Shalott" written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The poem is about the mysterious Lady of Shalott who lives on the Island of Shalott. People who wanted to see her have never got the opportunity to see her. On the other hand, the people who work in the fields have listened to her singing an eerie song. The song which the lady sings echoes all over the river Camelot.
