 | 1863 - 518 pages
...require no special notice. One of the most powerful predisposing causes is solitude in the evening : " Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And like phantoms...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,... | |
 | 1844 - 858 pages
...WHBN the hours of day are numbered. And the voices of the night Wake the better fioul, that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight ; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like pliantome grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful tire-light Danco upon the parlour waU ; Then the forme... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - Elocution - 1845 - 334 pages
...When ihe hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the Night "\Vnke the better soul that slumbered To a holy, calm delight— Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and lull, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlor-wall— Then the forms of the departed... | |
 | American literature - 1846 - 302 pages
...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...Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlour wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved, the true-hearted,... | |
 | Seba Smith - Gift books - 1846 - 216 pages
...numbered And the Voices of the Night Wake the better soul that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight : n. Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms...from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlor wall : m. Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved ones, the true-hearted, Come... | |
 | 1847 - 828 pages
...to Lazarus. (Luke xvi.)— BISHOP HOOPER. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. When the hours of day are number'd, And the voices of the night Wake the better soul,...like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful twilight Dance upon the parlour wall : Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved,... | |
 | Quotations, English - 1847 - 540 pages
...silence now Is brooding, like a gentle spirit, o'er The still and pulseless world. GD PRENTICE. 31. Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fireside Dance upon the parlour wall. HW LONGFELLOW. 32. Night's starry host gather'd in brightness... | |
 | Timothy Stone Pinneo - Readers - 1847 - 502 pages
...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...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, Come to visit... | |
 | Cotesworth Pinckney - Friendship - 1848 - 148 pages
...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...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, Come... | |
 | Methodist Episcopal Church - 1848 - 460 pages
...the night Wake tiie hetter soul that slumtiered, To a holy, calm delight— Ere the evening lamps arc lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows,...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 hearted, Come... | |
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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, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more... 
