| 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
...beauteous, Who unto my youth was given, More than all things else to love me, And is now a saint in heaven. With a slow and noiseless footstep, Comes that messenger...vacant chair beside me, Lays her gentle hand in mine. And she sits and gazes at me, With those deep and tender eyes, Like the stars so still and saint-like,... | |
| 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... | |
| Edward Payson Weston - 1840 - 228 pages
...Beauteous, Who unto my youth was given, More than all things else to love me, And is now a saint in heaven. With a slow and noiseless footstep, Comes that messenger...vacant chair beside me, Lays her gentle hand in mine. And she sits and gazes at me, With those deep and tender eyes, Uttered not, yet comprehended, Is the... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1840 - 584 pages
...Beauteous, Who unto my youth was given, More than all things else to love me, And is now a saint in heaven. "With a slow and noiseless footstep, Comes that messenger...vacant chair beside me, Lays her gentle hand in mine. "And she sits and gazes nt me With those deep and tender eyes, Like the stars, so still and saint-like,... | |
| 1840 - 424 pages
...Who unto my youth was given, More than all things else to love me, And is now a saint in heaven. " With a slow and noiseless footstep Comes that messenger...vacant chair beside me, Lays her gentle hand in mine. " And she sits and gazes at me With those deep and tender eyes, Like the stars, so still and saint-like,... | |
| 1840 - 424 pages
...And, like shadows 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... | |
| 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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