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
| Augusta Jane Evans - 1879 - 532 páginas
...hands behind her, slowly repeated the beautiful lines, beginning : "The day is done, and the darknes* Falls from the wings of night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight." Her voice was low and musical, and as she concluded the short poem which seemed so singularly suited... | |
| Analysis - 1876 - 72 páginas
...Old Time is still a-flying; And that same flower that blooms to-day To-morrow shall be dying. 23. The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of night. As a feather is wafted downwards I'rom an eagle in its flight. 27. I sat and watched her many a day. When her eyes grew dim'and... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1876 - 522 páginas
...by the citation of the Pr8e«i to Mr. Longfellow's "Waif" : THK day is done, and the darkness P'alls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward .From an Eagle in his night. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 634 páginas
...echoes multiplied, Still the birds repeat the legend, And the name of Vogelweid. 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... | |
| 1877 - 362 páginas
...DAY, so cool, so calm, so bright. The bridal of the earth and sky. — G. HERRERT, Virtue. — The DAY is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. — LONGFELLOW, Tfa Day is Done, Days. — My DAVS are in the yellow leaf ; The flowers ar:d frult-а... | |
| Tom Hood - 1877 - 348 páginas
...land." — Longfellow, Building of the Ship. Sometimes the two are united in one passage, as in — ' ' The darkness Falls from the wings of night, As a feather is wafted downward." — Longfellow, The Day is Done. The last line is a simile, but " the wings of night " is metaphorical.... | |
| Blanche Willis Howard - 1877 - 296 páginas
...smiled at his eagerness. " It is very pretty, Gem. What is it ? " " A eagle's." " An eagle's, really ? ' As a feather is wafted downward from an eagle in his flight,' " she repeated dreamily, standing in the open doorway and glancing far up above the elm-tops, as if... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 442 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... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 240 páginas
...Till at length in books recorded, They, like hoarded Household words, no more depart. THE DAY IS DONE. 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... | |
| Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 páginas
...waste the day, Noting at length the setting sun, They mend their pace as night comes on. GRANVILLE. The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. LONGFELLOW. And the night shall be fill'd with music, And the cares that infest the day Shall fold... | |
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