 | 1851 - 790 pages
...bright, happy " country home," — who rejoice to trace "" the footsteps of angels," — who feel that " When the hours of day are numbered, And the voices...better soul that slumbered To a holy calm delight ; ***** " Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door, — The beloved, the true-hearted,... | |
 | Timothy Stone Pinneo - Readers - 1847 - 502 pages
...knelt on that sad spot, And weeping, blessed the God who gave Strength to forsake it not ! MRS. HEHAHS. WHEN the hours of day are numbered, And the voices...calm delight ; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlor wall ; Then... | |
 | Cotesworth Pinckney - Friendship - 1848 - 142 pages
...hither — FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. WHEN the hours of day are numbered, And the voice of the night Wakes 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 wall ; Then... | |
 | Cotesworth Pinckney - Friendship - 1848 - 148 pages
...Wakes 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 wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door, The beloved ones — the true-hearted,... | |
 | Literature - 1851 - 824 pages
...of the first ¡s the universally popular poem of " The Footsteps of Angels." The scene begins with "And like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlor wall." This is indicated in the back ground. The middle ground represents " The. forms of the... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - 1848 - 460 pages
...Wake tiie hetter soul that slumtiered, To a holy, calm delight— Ere the evening lamps arc lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows, from the fitful fire-light, Dance upon the parlor wall — Then the forme of the departed Enter at the open door; The ileloved ones, the true... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 500 pages
...thou 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...calm delight ; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlour wall ;... | |
 | Thomas Vincent Fosbery - Hymns, English - 1850 - 416 pages
...Into the land of everlasting light. Cfir Communion of Saints ; FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. HW LONGFELLOW. WHEN the hours of day are numbered, And the voices...calm delight ; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlour wall ; Then... | |
 | American literature - 1850 - 604 pages
...have not for many a long day read anything more affecting than — ••Tin: FOOTSTEPS OF AUGELS. " When the hours of day are numbered, And the voices...calm delight : " Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlor wall : "... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1850 - 608 pages
...we hare not for many a long day read anything more affecting than — " THE FOOTSTEPS OF AKGELS. " When the hours of day are numbered, And the voices...calm delight : " Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlor wall : "... | |
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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; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlor... 
