WHEN the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul, that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight ; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlor... Poems - Page 15by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 927 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1877 - 798 pages
...many friends who have passed away — some of them whose sun went down while it was yet day : " They the young and strong who cherished Noble longings...fell and perished, Weary with the march of life." In the struggle of the bar, it is not always true that there is the "survival of the fittest" — unless... | |
| 1857 - 780 pages
...numbered, And the voices of the night Vt" . )v the better soul that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight. Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door...beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more. And with them the being beauteous, Who unto my youth was given, More than all f inn- to lore me, And... | |
| 1849 - 782 pages
...of that which I am trying to describe, that I cannot do better than quote a few stanzas of it — " Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true hearted, Come to visit me once more ; " And, with them, the Being Beauteous, WTio unto my youth... | |
| 1839 - 226 pages
...And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlor wall. in. Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved ones, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more. IV. He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble... | |
| Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1839 - 614 pages
...parlor wall: Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved ones, the true-heerted, Come to visit me once more. He, the young and strong,...road-side fell and perished, Weary with the march of life! T. They, the holy onca and weakly, Who the cross of suffering bore, Folded their pale hands so meekly,... | |
| 1839 - 584 pages
...upon the parlor wall: in. Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open doors The beloved ones, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more. He,...By the road-side fell and perished, Weary with the inarch of life I They, the holy ones and weakly, Who the cross of suffering boru, Folded their pale... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1839 - 174 pages
...And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlour wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved ones, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more ; He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble... | |
| Robert Cassie Waterston - 1893 - 702 pages
...A SKETCH FROM REAL LIFE. II V R C. WATERS TON. BOSTON: JAMES MUNKOE AND COMPANY. M IICCC Xl.III. u He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longings...road-side fell and perished, Weary with the march of life ! " BOSTON : THUKSTON ANIi TOHKV, PKINTKKS. THE WIDOW'S SON. During the last season I wns cnlled to... | |
| Edward Payson Weston - 1840 - 224 pages
...lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlor wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved ones, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more ; He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 328 pages
...lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlour wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved ones, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more ; He, the young and strong, who cherish'd Noble... | |
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