 | 1863 - 626 pages
...the picture is borrowed, and which many of our readers may remember. The time is evening : — •' 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 pure hearted, Come to visit... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 438 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 of the Night Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 712 pages
...spectral camp is fled ; Faith shineth as a morning star, Our ghastly fears are dead. 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 ;... | |
 | Levi K. Coonley - Hymns, English - 1864 - 236 pages
...way, Or wander lost and weary. ANGEL FOOTSTEPS. By UW Longfellow.— Tune, "Spirit Miiatrcl,"p. 7. WHEN the hours of day are numbered, And the voices...better soul that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight ; 2 Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And like phantoms, grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight... | |
 | George Ernest Bulger - Hunting - 1864 - 350 pages
...were. 237 CHAPTER XXVI. CAPTAIN MORGAN'S JOURNAL — continued. " Ere the evening lamps are 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 dour ; The beloved, the true-hearted,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1897 - 348 pages
...a month after the death of Mrs. Longfellow, who is referred to in the sixth and following stanzas. WHEN the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices...of the Night Wake the better soul, that slumbered, Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight... | |
 | John Piersol McCaskey - American literature - 1897 - 592 pages
...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 firelight Dance upon the parlor wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true hearted,... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 548 pages
...thrice-prayed for, the fair, The best-beloved Night ! — Voiees of the Night. 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 firelight Then the forms of the departed... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - Authors, American - 1898 - 406 pages
...what he called his third Psalm of Life, under the title " Footsteps of Angels". FOOTSTEPS OP 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 firelight Dance upon the parlor wall ; Then... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 602 pages
...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 firelight Dance upon the parlor wall : — Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted,... | |
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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... 
