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... The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Page 91by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 519 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1870 - 726 pages
...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...some poem. Some simple and heartfelt lay, That shall sooth this restless feeling, And banish the thoughts of day. Not from the grand old masters, Not from... | |
| 1850 - 464 pages
...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...pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles rain. Come read to me some poem, Some simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling,... | |
| 1845 - 888 pages
...admirable stanzas: I *FK the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeing of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot resist:...resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain. That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish the thoughts of day. Come, read to me some poem,... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1845 - 540 pages
...of aspirations tied down by human weakness, and have the desire, but not the ability, to soar; — u A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin...resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain." To a person who reads the poems in another mood of mind, they may appear too tame, uniform, and gentle... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1846 - 178 pages
...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...and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish the thoughts of day. Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards sublime,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 170 pages
...darkness Fall 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...pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles rain. Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling... | |
| 430 pages
...darkness Falls from the wings of night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. I sec the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and...pain. And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles rain. Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heaitfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling.... | |
| Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - 1850 - 438 pages
...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...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 - 1850 - 476 pages
...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...and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish the thoughts of day. Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards sublime,... | |
| Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - 1850 - 462 pages
...darkneea Falls from the wlnge of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an Eagle in hie flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the...and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish the thoughts of day. Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards sublime,... | |
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