 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 fire-light Dance upon the parlor...  Recitations at Whitnash rectory - Page 9by Whitnash rectory - 1866 - 15 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Stebbing - 1913 - 448 pages
...offended by a lack of originality and profundity, as in Footsteps of Angels, when in the firelit dusk, the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ;...beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more ; 4 in the reminiscence of a walk to church , with thee, O gentlest of my friends ! Thy dress was like... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1914 - 734 pages
...month after the death of Mrs. Longfellow, who Is referred to in the sixth and following stanzas. WHEN the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the...Shadows from the fitful firelight . Dance upon the parlor wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted,... | |
 | 1914 - 442 pages
...revolt. VOCABULARY Abdiel (ab'di-el) Ouida (we'da) FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW When the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the...better soul, that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight; 5 Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight... | |
 | Mary Edwards Calhoun, Emma Leonora MacAlarney - 1915 - 670 pages
...shalt know erelong, Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS When the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the Night LATER NATIONAL PERIOD 369 Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows... | |
 | Augustus Hopkins Strong - 1916 - 522 pages
...of his life, and he has fitly commemorated it in his poem entitled " The Footsteps of Angels ": When the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the...tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlor wall; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved, the true-hearted,... | |
 | George Weston - 1917 - 198 pages
...it," she sighed. Slowly, hesitatingly, she raised the book in. front of her eyes, and began: When tKe 'Hours of Day .are numbered And the voices of the...better soul, that slumbered, To a- holy, calm delight "Oh, dear!" she thought, taking a full breath, "I hope he isn't looking!" But, not having the courage... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1918 - 296 pages
...lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlor wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved, the true-hearted, He, the young and strong, who cherished0 Noble longings for the strife, By the roadside fell and perished,... | |
 | Harry Lyman Koopman - 1919 - 648 pages
...know erelong, \ Know how sublime a thing it is I To suffer and be strong. / FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. WHEN the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the...Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlor wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted,... | |
 | 1919 - 966 pages
...for, the most fair, The best-beloved Night! (1839) Voices of the Night, 1839. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS When uld wear a broadcloth coat ; My brother should sail...gay, And the baby should have a new toy each day. 5 And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlor wall ;... | |
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