And nights devoid of ease, Still heard in his soul the music Of wonderful melodies. Such songs have power to quiet The restless pulse of care, And come like the benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy... Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Page 65by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1910 - 862 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1857 - 780 pages
...from the eyelids start. Who, through long days of Iul<our, And nights devoid of ease, Still heard iu his soul the music Of wonderful melodies. Such songs...come like the benediction That follows after prayer. But never, since the day she rejected his offer, had he spoken of love to her again. If, thought le,... | |
| 1850 - 464 pages
...showers from the clouds of summer, Or tears from the eyelids start ; Who, through long days of labour, And nights devoid of ease, Still heard in his soul...benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasur'd volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice.... | |
| 1870 - 726 pages
...through long days of labour, And nights devoid of ease, Still heard on his soul the music Of wonderlul melodies. Such songs have power to quiet The restless...treasured volume. The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice. And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1845 - 530 pages
...the corridors of time " j — but, " from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer, Or tears from the...come like the benediction That follows after prayer." 42* 2. — Conversations on some of the Old Poets. By JAMES RUSSELL LOwELL. Cambridge : John Owen.... | |
| 1845 - 888 pages
...Btart: And night s devoid of ease, Still heard in his soul the music Who through long days of labor, Of wonderful melodies. Such songs have power to quiet...treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice. And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares,... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1845 - 540 pages
...from the eyelids start ; " Who, through long days of labor, And nights devoid of ease, Still beard in his soul the music Of wonderful melodies. " Such...come like the benediction That follows after prayer." 2. — Conversations on some of the Old Poets. By JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. Cambridge : John Owen. 1845.... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1846 - 178 pages
...; And to-night I long for rest. Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer, Or tears from the...treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice. And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 170 pages
...showers from the clouds of summer, Or tears from the eyelids »tart; Who, through long days of labour, And -nights devoid of ease, Still heard in his soul...follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volun-c The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice. And the... | |
| Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - 1850 - 438 pages
...showers from the clouds of summer, Or tears from the eyelids start; Who through long days of labour, And nights devoid of ease, Still heard in his soul...treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy Toice. And the night shall bo filled with music, And the cares... | |
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