 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
 | W. Bickle Haynes - 1921 - 232 pages
...from one to another, and receive and communicate delight, so that every cup is joy-brimmed : — " Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door...beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more." If there is no gifted one present, to promote intercourse, silently as they came the visitors depart.... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1922 - 532 pages
...Tales of a Wayside Inn. HER GENTLE HAND IN MINE FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS By HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW 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,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1922 - 910 pages
...ANGELS WHEN the hours of Day are nun* bered, And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul, that slum Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms...tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlor wall; Then the forms of the departed Knter at the open door; The beloved, the true-hearted,... | |
 | Fred Lewis Pattee - 1922 - 360 pages
...brings us nearer to the poet: When the hours of day are numbered, And the soul-like voice of night Wakes the better soul that slumbered To a holy calm delight; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And like specters grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlor wall, Then the forms... | |
 | Fred Lewis Pattee - 1922 - 364 pages
...us nearer to the poet : When the hours of day are numbered, And the soul-like voice of night Wakes the better soul that slumbered To a holy calm delight; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And like specters grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlor wall, The Shadow of... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 410 pages
...the night Wake the better snul tint slumbered To a holy, calm delight, — Ere the evening lamps arc 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, — Tile beloved ones, the true-hearted,... | |
 | Fred Lewis Pattee - 1926 - 1160 pages
...for, the most fair, The best-beloved Night! (1839) Voices of the Night, 1839. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS When E{ M NH B 5 N6km > 4 9 " )i% WOb Ou ZΦ %~ I Ia d `ގq $ 4Z > P`}xo S parlor wall; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved, the true-hearted,... | |
 | Robert Shafer - 1926 - 1410 pages
...The welcome, the thrice-prayed for, the mo.it fair, The best-beloved Night! FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS3 WHEN the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the...tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlor wall; ! One of the poems showing the influence of German romanticism on Longfellow. The motto... | |
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