WHEN the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices 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, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlor... The Stronger: A Play in One Act - Page 63by August Strindberg - 1906 - 4 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1857 - 780 pages
...numbered, And the voices of the night Vt" . )v the better soul that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight. Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more. And with them the being beauteous, Who unto... | |
| 1849 - 782 pages
...of that which I am trying to describe, that I cannot do better than quote a few stanzas of it — " Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true hearted, Come to visit me once more ; " And, with them, the Being Beauteous, WTio... | |
| 1839 - 226 pages
...that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight: 11. Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlor wall. in. Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved ones, the true-hearted, Come... | |
| Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1839 - 614 pages
...lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upen the parlor wall: Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved ones, the true-heerted, Come to visit me once more. He, the young and strong, who cherished... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1839 - 174 pages
...lighted, 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 ; The beloved ones, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more ; He, the young and strong, who cherished... | |
| 1839 - 584 pages
...soul that slumbered, To n holy, calm delight i Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlor wall: in. Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open doors The beloved ones, the true-hearted, Come... | |
| Edward Payson Weston - 1840 - 224 pages
...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...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 strong, who cherished... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1840 - 588 pages
...lighted, 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 ; The beloved ones, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more ; " He, the young and strong, who cherished... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1840 - 686 pages
...lighted, 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 ! The beloved ones, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more. He, the young and strong, who cherish 'd... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 328 pages
...lighted, And, like phantoms grim and 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, Come to visit me once more ; He, the young and strong, who cherish'd... | |
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