The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot... The Poetical Works of H.W. Longfellow - Página 72por Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1868 - 215 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Cycle - 1871 - 202 páginas
...night-wind Brings up the stream Murmurs and scents of the infinite sea. ARNOLD. THE DAY IS DONE. THE day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in its flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness... | |
| 1871 - 476 páginas
...loved. MRS. FELICIA HEMANS. The Day is Done. THE day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wing of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an...eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist ; And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot resist... | |
| Garland - 1872 - 170 páginas
...for love, if thou wert all, And nought beyond, O Earth ! — FELICIA HF.MANS. THE DAY IS DONE. THE day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...eagle in his flight I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot resist... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1872 - 730 páginas
...length in books recorded, They, like hoarded Household words, no more depart. THE DAY IS DONE. THE day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...eagle in his' flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot resist... | |
| Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1872 - 432 páginas
...tone must be elastic and full of life. To be natural it is not necessary to be dull. I. Gentle. 1. The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. 2. "How sweetly," said the trembling maid, Of her own gentle voice afraid — So long hnd they in silence... | |
| George Walter Baynham - 1873 - 344 páginas
...Bertram's right, and Bertram's might, Meet on Ellangowan's height. Walter Scott. THE DAY IS DONE. THE day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot resist... | |
| John Bartlett - 1874 - 798 páginas
...! Maidenhood. O thou child of many prayers ! Life hath quicksands, — life hath snares ! Ibid. The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. The Day is Done. A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only... | |
| Cincinnati (Ohio). Board of Education - 1874 - 322 páginas
...in the following quotations : "Springs upward like a pyramid of fire Into the wild expanse." " The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight." " Love is a sudden blaze which soon decays ; Friendship is like the sun's eternal rays; Not daily benefits... | |
| John Seely Hart - 1874 - 412 páginas
...recent date is the following from Longfellow: The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wing of night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. RULE 3. Similes should not be drawn from objects with which ordinary readers are unacquainted. What... | |
| Samuel Stillman Greene - 1874 - 336 páginas
...the steep pass like a leafless grove. The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of the Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. -) 820. From the preceding examples, it appears that Ian- ( guage is effective only when, as a means... | |
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