 | Seba Smith - 1846 - 216 pages
...suffering bore, Folded their pale hands so meekly, Spake with us on earth no more ! TL And with them the Being beauteous, Who unto my youth was given,...than all things else to love me, And is now a saint hi Heaven. vn. With a slow and noiseless footstep, Comes that messenger divine, Takes the vacant chair... | |
 | 1847 - 828 pages
...of suffering bore, Folded their pale arais so meekly, Spake with us on earth no more I And with them the being beauteous Who unto my youth was given, More...Takes the vacant chair beside me, Lays her gentle hand on mine. And she sits and gazes at me With those deep and tender eyes, Like the stars so still and... | |
 | Timothy Stone Pinneo - 1847 - 502 pages
...of suffering bore, Folded their pale hands so meekly, Spake with us on earth no more ! And with them the being beauteous, Who unto my youth was given,...those deep and tender eyes, Like the stars, so still and saintlike, Looking downward from the skies. Uttered not, yet comprehended, Is the spirit's voiceless... | |
 | 1851 - 824 pages
...represents " The. forms of the departed." In the foreground, the dreamer of the vision sits and dreams — " With a slow and noiseless footstep, Comes that messenger...vacant chair beside me, Lays her gentle hand in mine." It is difficult to give an idea of this sketch, the conception and execution being extremely novel.... | |
 | Cotesworth Pinckney - 1848 - 148 pages
...way-side fell and perished, Weary with the march of life ! With a slow and noiseless footstep, Comes the messenger divine, Takes the vacant chair beside me, Lays her gentle hand in mine. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. 81 And, as she sits and gazes at me, With those deep and tender eyes, Like the... | |
 | 1849 - 820 pages
...Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true hearted, Come to visit me once more ; " And, with them, the Being Beauteous, Who unto my youth was given,...Heaven. " With a slow and noiseless footstep, Comes the messenger divine, Takes the vacant chair beside roe, Lays her gentle hand in mine, "And she sita... | |
 | 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...beside me, Lays her gentle hand in mine. " And she sita and gazes at me With those deep and tender eyes, Like the stare, so still and saintlike, Looking... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 500 pages
...of suffering bore, Folded their pale hands so meekly, Spake with us on earth no more ! And with them the Being Beauteous, Who unto my youth was given,...those deep and tender eyes, Like the stars, so still and saint-like, Looking downward from the skies Uttered not, yet comprehended, Is the spirit's voiceless... | |
 | Thomas Vincent Fosbery - 1850 - 416 pages
...of suffering bore, Folded their pale hands so meekly, Spake with us on earth no more ! And with them the being beauteous, Who unto my youth was given,...those deep and tender eyes, Like the stars, so still and saintlike, Looking downward from the skies. Uttered not, yet comprehended, Is the spirit's voiceless... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...the march of life ! Folded their pale hands so meekly, Spake with us on earth no more ! And with them the Being Beauteous, Who unto my youth was given,...those deep and tender eyes, Like the stars, so still and saint-like, Looking downward from the skies. Uttered not, yet comprehended, Is the spirit's voiceless... | |
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And with them the being beauteous Who unto my youth was given, More than all things else to love me, And is now a saint in heaven. With a slow and noiseless footstep Comes that messenger divine, Takes the vacant chair beside me, Lays her gentle hand in... 
