 | 1857 - 780 pages
...in a single day. 16 BROKEN MEMORIES. Broken memories of innny a heart Woven into one. — Skettey. When the hours of day are numbered, And the voices of the night Vt" . )v the better soul that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight. Then the forms of the departed Enter... | |
 | 1849 - 782 pages
...of that which I am trying to describe, that I cannot do better than quote a few stanzas of it — " Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true hearted, Come to visit me once more ; " And, with them, the Being Beauteous, WTio unto my youth... | |
 | New York (N.Y.) - 1839 - 226 pages
...cares and woes, Seems less like earth than heaven. From the Knickerbocker. VOICES OF THE NIGHT. I. When the hours of Day are numbered. And the Voices...better soul that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight: 11. Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Digital images - 1839 - 174 pages
...shall 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...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... | |
 | Theology - 1840 - 424 pages
...readers another example, to confirm the opinion we have undertaken to express. " FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. " When the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices...better soul that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight ; " Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like shadows grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1840 - 588 pages
...Learn to labor and to wait." — pp. 5-7. Or that exquisite and tender poem, the "Footsteps of Angels." "When the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices...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... | |
 | Edward Payson Weston - American poetry - 1840 - 224 pages
...In graceful numbers flow, Giving new zest to pleasure, FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. WHEN the hours of day are numbered, And the voices...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... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1840 - 686 pages
...lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, 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, Come to visit me once more. He, the young and strong, who cherish 'd Noble... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1840 - 424 pages
...And, like shadows grim and tall, 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, Come to visit me once more ; " He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1840 - 328 pages
...lighted, And, like phantoms grim 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 ones, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more ; He, the young and strong, who cherish'd Noble... | |
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When the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul, that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight... 
