 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 choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice. And the night shall...  Selected Poems - Page iiiby Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1988 - 432 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | 1850 - 464 pages
...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....their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. — Longfellow. LITERATURE. THE HOUR CIRCLE. (Egan, St. Martin' tlane.) — Some months ago,... | |
 | 1870 - 726 pages
...benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume. The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice....filled with music, And the cares that infest the day Khali fold their tents like the Arris, And u lilently attdl away. THE SNOW FORT. l> V J. lUltHKH. (A... | |
 | 1845 - 888 pages
...benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice....their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. How sweet, how inexpressibly beautiful, are the following tender lines from the tender heart... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1846 - 178 pages
...benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice....their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. AFTERNOON IN FEBRUARY. THE day is ending, The night is descending ; The marsh is frozen, The... | |
 | 1846 - 492 pages
...lend to the rhyme of the poet Of wonderful melodies. The beauty of thy voice. And the night shall he filled with music, And the cares that infest the day • Shall fold their tents like the Arabsl . ' ii ,.|,. ,. • i And as silentlv steal away.' ii John Russell Lowell is a young American... | |
 | 1881 - 494 pages
...CHAPTER V. THE CUTTING OF THE GORDIAN KNOT. " The night shall be full of music, And the cares that beset the day Shall fold their tents like the Arabs, And as silently steal away." LONGFELLOW. A CAB stopped opposite a small but comfortably appointed house in Kensington, and... | |
 | Robert Bailey Thomas - 1860 - 628 pages
...1 7 г NOVEMBER hath SO days. 1864. Now read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice. тж Aspects, Holiday», Етвпи, AVeathur, Ac. Tarmtr'i Calendar. ¿2!<L. ¿9Ç- AllSta.D. A CREAT... | |
 | 1891 - 672 pages
...he knew. Emenon, ' The Problem.' " Old father antic, the law." Shakspeare, 1 King Henry IV.,' I. ii. And the night shall be filled with music, And the...their tents like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. Longfellow, ' The Day is Done.' Blessed are the horny hands of toil. Lowell, ' A Glance Bebind... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - 1850 - 438 pages
...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 that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, As they silently steal away. With no great range of imagination, these lines have been justly admired... | |
 | 430 pages
...benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice. And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice. And the uight shall be filled with music. And the cares that infest the day Shall fold their tents, like the... | |
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