| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1852 - 588 pages
...WIIES the hours of day are numbcr'J, And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul that sluuiber'd To a holy, calm delight ; Ere the evening lamps are...like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful lire-li;ht Dance upon the parlour-wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The... | |
| Edwin Paxton Hood - 1852 - 248 pages
...lighted, And like phantoms grira 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, the true hearted, Come to visit me once more. They, the holy ones, and weakly, Who the cross of suffering... | |
| 1852 - 610 pages
...our good, — they choose this season to enter our retirement, and to give it some cheer. Yes, — " The forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved ones, the true-hearted, Come to visit us once more." It is the same, too, with those who have changed... | |
| Martha Noyes Williams - 1853 - 292 pages
...ruins, and wear an infinitely brighter face of perfection and of glory. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. LONGFELLOW. WHEN the hours of day are numbered, And the voices...door ; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more. He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longings for the strife, By the roadside... | |
| Martha Noyes Williams - 1853 - 290 pages
...and wear an infinitely brighter face of perfection and of glory. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. LON OPEL LOW. WHEN the hours of day are numbered, And the voices...Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. 75 The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more. He, the young... | |
| Anna U. Russell - 1853 - 580 pages
...affecting ceremony, than that of a Moravian burial. EXERCISE CLXXII. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. Longfellow. WHEN the hours of day are numbered, And the voices...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,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 496 pages
...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...lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit... | |
| 1853 - 402 pages
...HW LONGFELLOW. When the honra of day are numbered, And the Toices of the Bight Wake the better -mil. that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight, Ere the evening...and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance npon the parlor wall. Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved, the true... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 504 pages
...and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlour wall ; FOOTSTEPS OP ANGELS. 15 Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more ; He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longings for the strife, By the road-side... | |
| John Cumming - 1854 - 308 pages
...eloquently, and in the midst of us. In the words of a beautiful poet, whom I have before quoted : " When the hours of day are numbered, And the voices...door ; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more ; " He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longings for the strife, By the road-side... | |
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