| Augusta Jane Evans - 1859 - 518 pages
...standing on the hearth, with her hands behind her, slowly repeated the beautiful lines, beginning : " The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight." Her voice was low and musical, and as she concluded the short poem which seemed so singularly suited... | |
| 1859 - 528 pages
...Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an Eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot rfist ; A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the... | |
| Augusta Jane Evans - 1860 - 528 pages
...standing on the hearth, with her hands behind her, slowly repeated the beautiful lines, beginning : " The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle iu his flight." Her voice was low and musical, and as she concluded the short poem which seemed so... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Gilbert - 1860 - 448 pages
...the shifting Currents of the restless heart ; Till at length in hooks reeorded, THE DAY IS DONE. THK day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downwaid From an eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1860 - 468 pages
...Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1861 - 912 pages
...restless heart ! Till at length in books recorded, They, like hoarded Household words, no more depart. THE DAY IS DONE. THE day is done, and the darkness...eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot resist... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 438 pages
...restless heart ; Till at length in books recorded, They, like hoarded Household words, no more depart. THE DAY IS DONE. THE day is done, and the darkness...eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, A feeling of sadness and... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 712 pages
...restless heart ; Till at length in books recorded, They, like hoarded Household words, no more depart. THE DAY IS DONE. THE day is done, and the darkness...eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot resist... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 464 pages
...length in books recorded, They, like hoarded Household words, no more depart. THE DAY IS DONE. TICE day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gl«am through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot resist... | |
| Frederick Hinde - 1864 - 150 pages
...America. The first constitutes the opening of his good lyric, " The Day is Done : " it stands thus :— " The Day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight ; " and the second closes that beautiful and airy production, the whole of which is strongly marked... | |
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