 The stranger at my fireside cannot see The forms I see, nor hear the sounds I hear; He but perceives what is; while unto me All that has been is visible and clear. We have no title-deeds to house or lands; Owners and occupants of earlier dates From graves...  Southern Literary Messenger - Page 3441858Full view - About this book
 | 1860 - 1246 pages
...pictures on the wall. The stranger at my fireside cannot see The forms I see, nor hear the sounds I hear: He but perceives what is ; while unto me All that...hands, And hold in mortmain still their old estates. 78 DISCIPLINE OF CHILDREN. The spirit-world around this world of sense Floats like an atmosphere, and... | |
 | S. Herbert Lancey - American literature - 1854 - 338 pages
...pictures on the wall. The stranger at my fireside cannot see The forms I see, nor hear the sounds I hear : He but perceives what is ; while unto me All that...hands And hold in mortmain still their old estates. 20 HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. The spirit world around this world of sense Floats like an atmosphere, and... | |
 | American poetry - 1856 - 352 pages
...pictures on the wall. The stranger at my fireside cannot see The forms I see, nor hear the sounds I hear : He but perceives what is ; while unto me All that...And hold in mortmain still their old estates. The spirit world around this world of sense Floats like an atmosphere, and everywhere Wafts through these... | |
 | 1858 - 456 pages
...pictures on the wall. The stranger at my fireside cannot see The forms I see, nor hear the sounds I hear ; He but perceives what is, while unto me All that has been is visible and clear." For the same reason Mr. Longfellow calls the domestic hearth, or the chimney of each man, his " golden... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 724 pages
...pictures on the wall. The stranger at my fireside cannot see The forms I see, nor hear the sounds I hear ; He but perceives what is ; while unto me All that...atmosphere, and everywhere Wafts through these earthly mists and vapours dense A vital breath of more ethereal air. Our little lives are kept in equipoise... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Massachusetts - 1859 - 136 pages
...pictures on the wall. The stranger at my fireside cannot see The forms I sec, nor hear the sounds I hear ; He but perceives what is ; while unto me All that...atmosphere, and everywhere Wafts through these earthly mists and vapours dense A vital breath of more ethereal air. Our little lives are kept in equipoise... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Massachusetts - 1859 - 136 pages
...pictures on the wall. The stranger at my fireside cannot see The forms I see, nor hear the sounds I hear ; He but perceives what is ; while unto me All that...house or lands : Owners and occupants of earlier dates HAUNTED HOUSES. From graves forgotten stretch their dusty hands, And hold in mortmain still their old... | |
 | Spiritualism - 1859 - 396 pages
...pictures on the wall. The stranger at my fire-side cannot see The forms I see, nor hear the sounds I hear; He but perceives what is; while unto me All that has...visible and clear : "We have no title-deeds to house or lauds ; Owners and occupaqts of earlier dates From graves forgotten stretch their dusty hands, And... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Gilbert - American poetry - 1860 - 448 pages
...pietures on the wall. The stranger at my fireside cannot see The forms I see, nor hear the sounds I hear ; We have no title-deeds to house or lands ; Owners...and occupants of earlier dates From graves forgotten streteh their dusty hands, And hold in mortmain still their old estates. The spirit-world around this... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1861 - 912 pages
...pictures on the wall. The stranger at my fireside cannot see The forms I see, nor hear the sounds I hear ; He but perceives what is ; while unto me All that...atmosphere, and everywhere Wafts through these earthly mists and vapours dense A vital breath of more ethereal air. Our little lives are kept in equipoise... | |
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