 | 1982 - 348 pages
...bier and the shroud- Oh! why should the spirit of mortal be proud? William Knox 269. THE DAY IS DONE The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...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... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Gary Richard Thompson - 1984 - 1572 pages
...nevertheless, embodies a fault of illustration which Mr. Longfellow often commits; — let us quote the verses: i The single feather is imperfectly illustrative of the omniprevalcnt darkness — but our more especial... | |
 | Bill Moore - 1987 - 180 pages
...turn lead into gold. The opening of Longfellow's poem "The Day Is Done" is well known, and deservedly: The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Well-known, quotable Longfellow. The end of this poem is one most people... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1988 - 442 pages
...the burning chords, — "For evermore, for evermore, The reign of violence is o'er!" THE DAY IS DONE THE day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...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... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 pages
...poem for his daughter Edith, whose gold hair is mentioned in "The Children's Hour." The Day Is Done The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...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... | |
 | Ralph Moody - 1993 - 276 pages
...deeper as Lady plodded along, and Muriel had me say over, at least three times, the poem that goes: "The day is done, and the darkness falls from the wings of Night ..." I didn't ask any of them not to tell Mother how close a call we'd had. I just knew they never... | |
 | Various - 1996 - 496 pages
...Till the vast Temple of our liberties A shapeless mass of wreck and rubbish lies. 1842 THE DAY IS DONE The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. 5 I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Leonard Cassuto - 1999 - 228 pages
...shall present for your consideration, than by the citation of the Proem to Mr. Longfellow's "Waif:" The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...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... | |
 | Walter A. de Milly, Walter de Milly - 1999 - 144 pages
...came to the county courtroom for the awards ceremony. My minister gave a speech, quoting Longfellow: The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. I am told that my minister challenged me to become an inspiration, to soar through storms, to achieve... | |
 | Frank Mehring - 2001 - 194 pages
...seaIn her tomb by the sounding sea. "The Day is Done" (1844) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) The day is done, and the darkness, Falls from the wings of Night, As the feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through... | |
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The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of 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... 
