When the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul, that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight... The Bowdoin Poets - Page 13edited by - 1849 - 180 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Cumming - 1854 - 316 pages
...eloquently, and in the midst of us. In the words of a beautiful poet, whom I have before quoted : " When the hours of day are numbered, And the voices...soul that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight; " Ere tho evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 568 pages
...thou shalt know ere long, 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...Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlour wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 264 pages
...shalt know ere long, Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong. FOOTSTEPS OP ANGELS. WHE^ the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the...Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlour-wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 502 pages
...know ere long, Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. WHEN tne hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the Night...holy, calm delight; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, > Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1856 - 432 pages
...shalt know ere long; Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong. FOOTSTEPS OF ANUELS. WHKN the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the...holy, calm delight; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, Anil, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlour wall ;... | |
| Songs - 1856 - 712 pages
...TT7HEN 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...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,... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...WHEN the hours of day are numhered, And the voices of the night Wake the hetter soul,1 that slumhered, To a holy, calm delight ; Ere the evening lamps are...Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlour wall ; FOOTSTEPS OF ANOELS. 273 Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1856 - 810 pages
...thou shalt know ere long, 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 Wake the hetter soul, that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight ; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like... | |
| Thomas Vincent Fosbery - 1857 - 436 pages
...ministered Into the land of everlasting light. 170 ir!ii- fflommuntott of Saints; FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. HW LONGFELLOW. WHEN the hours of day are numbered, 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, the true-hearted,... | |
| Joseph Beckham Cobb - 1858 - 424 pages
...discarded as 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...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... | |
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