 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1885 - 314 pages
...ones and weakly, Who the cross of suffering bore, Folded their pale hands so meekly, Spake with us on earth no more ! And with them the Being Beauteous,...and noiseless footstep Comes that messenger divine, And she sits and gazes at me With those deep and tender eyes, Like the stars, so still and saint-like,... | |
 | Frank McAlpine - American poetry - 1885 - 446 pages
...ones and weakly, Who the cross of suffering hore, Folded their pale hands so meekly, Spake with us on earth no more! And with them the Being Beauteous,...in heaven. With a slow and noiseless footstep Comes the messenger divine, Takes the vacant chair beside me, Lays her gentle hand in mine. And she sits... | |
 | David Charles Bell - 1885 - 344 pages
...ANOELS.—ion«Wto«i. suffering bore, folded their pale hands so meekly, — spake with us on earth no more. 5 And with them the Being beauteous who unto my youth...else to love me, — and is now a saint in heaven. 0 With a slow and noiseless footstep comes that Messenger divine ; takes the vacant chair beside me,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1886 - 346 pages
...of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved ones, the true-hearted Come to sit with me once more. And with them the being beauteous Who unto my...in heaven. With a slow and noiseless footstep Comes she, like a shape divine, Takes the vacant chair beside me, Lays her gentle hand in mine. And she sits... | |
 | Samuel Longfellow - Poets, American - 1886 - 480 pages
...of the departed Enter at the open door ; The belov'd ones, the true-hearted Come to sit with me once more. And with them the being beauteous Who unto my...in heaven. With a slow and noiseless footstep Comes she, like a shape divine, Takes the vacant chair beside me, Lays her gentle hand in mine. And she sits... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1886 - 350 pages
...of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved ones, the true-hearted Come to sit with me once more. And with them the being beauteous Who unto my...in heaven. With a slow and noiseless footstep Comes she, like a shape divine, Takes the vacant chair beside me, Lays her gentle hand in mine. And she sits... | |
 | George Boyle - American poetry - 1886 - 318 pages
...ones and weakly, Who the cross of suffering bore, Folded their pale hands so meekly, Spake with us on earth no more! And with them the Being beauteous,...youth was given More than all things else to love us, And is now a saint in heaven. With a slow and noiseless footstep Comes that messenger divine, Takes... | |
 | Religious poetry - 1886 - 406 pages
...ones and weakly, Who the cross of suffering bore, Folded their pale hands so meekly, Spake with us on earth no more. And with them the being beauteous,...youth was given, More than all things else to love mo, And is now a saint in heaven. With a slow and noiseless footstep Comes that messenger divine. O... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1886 - 636 pages
...affectionate disposition. She is commemorated in the well-known lines in his " Footsteps of Angels," as — the being beauteous Who unto my youth was given, More than all things else to love me. Only for four brief years and a half was this bright being to be his companion. After a lingering illness... | |
 | Samuel Longfellow - Authors, American - 1886 - 472 pages
...the studies of girls than were the mathematics. She is commemorated in the well-known lines as — the being beauteous, Who unto my youth was given, More than all things else to love me. 1 They were tenderly devoted to each other; and never was a home more happy than theirs, when, soon... | |
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Takes the vacant chair beside me, Lays her gentle hand in mine ; And she sits and gazes at me With those deep and tender eyes, Like the stars, so still and saint-like, Looking downward from the skies. 
