 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 页
...WHEN the hours of Day are number'd, And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul, that slumber'd, To a holy, calm delight; Ere the evening lamps are...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 - 1861 - 396 页
...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 页
...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,... | |
 | Stephen Frederick Williams - 1862 - 328 页
...repining ; it is truthful and comforting. We find the same old thoughts in the Footsteps of Angels. " 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,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 页
...the hours of Day are number' d, And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul, that slumber' d, To a holy, calm delight ; Ere the evening lamps are...Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlor-wall; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved, the true-hearted,... | |
 | Lays - 1862 - 406 页
...WHEN the hours of day are number' d, And the voices of the night Wake the better soul that slumber'd To a holy, calm delight ; Ere the evening lamps are...tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlour- wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved ones, the true-hearted,... | |
 | 1864 - 576 页
...fade out of my memory, and new forms are coming about me. It is often so with me in the twilight, " Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And like phantoms...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... | |
 | 1863 - 626 页
...the picture is borrowed, and which many of our readers may remember. The time is evening : — •' When the hours of day are numbered, And the voices...better soul that slumbered, To a holy calm delight ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved, the pure hearted, Come to visit... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1863 - 552 页
...require no special notice. One of the most powerful predisposing causes is solitude in the evening : " Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And like phantoms...Shadows from the fitful firelight, Dance upon the parlor-wall ; " Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 438 页
...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 of the Night Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light... | |
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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... 
