 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1860 - 514 pages
...thou shalt know erelong, 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...better soul, that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight ; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Then the forms of the departed... | |
 | Allen Hayden Weld - 1860 - 136 pages
...heart's first fragrance unto Heaven! 1 Eule I, Eem. 8. 2 Eule XIV. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS.—[LONGFELLOW.] When the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices...better soul that slumbered To a holy calm delight; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, 5 And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light... | |
 | S. R. - 1860 - 306 pages
...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...beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more. He, the young and strong, who cherish'd Noble longings for the strife, By the road-side fell and perished,... | |
 | G M. Sterne - 1860 - 316 pages
...warm, Have turn'd to dust that cheek of bloom, Those eyes of light, that angel form?'' SHAXSPEARE. " When the hours of day are numbered, And the voices of the night, Wake the soul that slumbered, To a holy calm delight. " Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Gilbert - 1860 - 448 pages
...angel visited the green earth, FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. WHEN the hours of Day are numbered, And the voiees of the Night Wake the better soul, that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight ; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Then the forms of the departed... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1861 - 912 pages
...thou 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...better soul, that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight ; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light... | |
 | J C. Graham - 1861 - 134 pages
...opposite error of giving too theatrical a sound to the final consonant. EXERCISE 5. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. When the hours of day are numbered, And the voices...Wake the better soul that slumbered To a holy calm Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight,... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light, Dance upon the parlour wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door...beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more; He, the young and strong, who cheriah'd Noble longings for the strife, By the road-side fell and perish'd,... | |
 | Rev. Robert Forbes - 1861 - 410 pages
...When the hours of day are numhered, And the voices of the night, Wake the better soul that slumhered To a holy, calm delight. " Then the forms of the departed, Enter at the open door,— The beloved, the true hearted, Come to visit us once more ! " It appears to us, that the source of the widespread notion... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1861 - 844 pages
...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 ones, the true -hearted, Come to visit me once more; He, the young and stroug, who cherish'd Noble... | |
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When the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul, that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight... 
