 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
 | Joseph Beckham Cobb - 1858 - 422 pages
...caprice may suggest, or as invention may hold out. It is entitled, " 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 trne-hearted,... | |
 | Joseph Beckham Cobb - 1858 - 424 pages
...caprice may suggest, or as invention may hold out. It is entitled, " Footsteps of Angels : " " When the hours of Day are numbered, And the Voices of the...like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful f relight Dance upon the parlor wall ; " Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1858 - 752 pages
...the green earth, And took the flowers away. FOOTBTEFS OF A NGELS. When the hours of Day are unmbered, And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul, that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight ; Ero the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light... | |
 | 1858 - 660 pages
...Thou'rt with me waking— dreaming — ever I THE SPEAKING DEAD. BT HWIi IN 1,1 1:1 I 1 1 \v . When the hours of day are numbered, And the voices of the night Wake the better soul that -.lumbered, To a holy, calm delight ; Ere the evening lamps ore lighted, And, like phantoms grim ntul... | |
 | Jeremiah Chaplin - 1859 - 326 pages
...all beside is riven — That Light shines down to man direct from heaven 1 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 ones, the true-hearted,... | |
 | HENRY HOWE - 1859 - 748 pages
...When the hours of day are n umber'd, And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul that slumber'd To a holy, calm delight; Ere the evening lamps are...grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Danee upon the parlor-wall; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved ones,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1859 - 812 pages
...the hours of Day are number' d. And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul, that slumber' d. To a holy, calm delight ; Ere the evening lamps are lighted. And, like phantoms grim and tall, fihadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlor-wall ; Then the forma of the departed Enter... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1860 - 506 pages
...shalt know erelong, Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong. FOOTSTEPS Otf '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,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1860 - 514 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...lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit... | |
 | Allen Hayden Weld - 1860 - 136 pages
...first fragrance unto Heaven! 1 Eule I, Eem. 8. 2 Eule XIV. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS.—[LONGFELLOW.] When the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the...holy calm delight; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, 5 And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlor-wall;... | |
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