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... The poetical works of H.W. Longfellow - Página 42por Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1852 - 610 páginas
...our good, — they choose this season to enter our retirement, and to give it some cheer. Yes, — " The forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved ones, the true-hearted, Come to visit us once more." It is the same, too, with those who have changed... | |
| Martha Noyes Williams - 1853 - 292 páginas
...wear an infinitely brighter face of perfection and of glory. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. 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,... | |
| Anna U. Russell - 1853 - 580 páginas
...affecting ceremony, than that of a Moravian burial. EXERCISE CLXXII. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. Longfellow. WHEN 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 - 1853 - 496 páginas
...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...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... | |
| 1853 - 402 páginas
...HW LONGFELLOW. When the honra of day are numbered, And the Toices of the Bight Wake the better -mil. that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight, Ere the evening...and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance npon the parlor wall. Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved, the true... | |
| John Cumming - 1854 - 308 páginas
...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 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 - 1854 - 504 páginas
...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...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,... | |
| 1854 - 794 páginas
...last breath : ' Vergiss mein »cA//'( Forget me not!) TO! 1 — 8 ai gngtls. When the hours of day arc numbered. And the voices of the night Wake the better...tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlor wall — Theu the forms of the departed Enter the open door; The beloved, the true-hearted.... | |
| John Cumming - 1854 - 316 páginas
...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 of the...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... | |
| Elizabeth Caroline Grey - 1854 - 498 páginas
...an open book, a volume of Longfellow's poems, just published, which lay on a table by her side — " then " ' The forms of the departed Enter at the open...— the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more. With a slow and noiseless footstep, Come those messengers divine ; Take the vacant chairs beside me,... | |
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