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... Oral English and Public Speaking - Page 55by Edwin Du Bois Shurter - 1918 - 247 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1870 - 726 pages
...finally the south rain comes in earnest, and in a night he is dead. THE DAY IS DONE. BY HW LOJfGJBLtOW. The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me That my soul cannot resist. A feeling of sadness and longing That is not akin to pain, And... | |
| Henry Mayhew, Mark Lemon, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - 1895 - 324 pages
...done, and the darkness Falls from the brow of night, Like a crape-mask drifting downward From a burglar in his flight. I see the lights of " the village " Gleam through the evening mist, And a feeling of dryness comes o'er me, And a tiddley I can't resist. A feeling of blueness,... | |
| 1845 - 888 pages
...them are entirely new to us. From the ' Proem, ' by the editor, we take these 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: A feeling of sadness and longing, That... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1846 - 178 pages
...Till at length in books recorded, They, like hoarded Household words, no more depart. THE DAY IS DONE. THE day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot resist : A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 170 pages
...like hoarded Household words, DO more depart. THE DAY IS DONE. The day is done, and the darkness Fall from the wings of night, As a feather is wafted downward...rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot resist: A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And... | |
| 1848 - 936 pages
...twilight pale Moves like a spectre in the dusky sky." " The day is done, and the darkness FallsTrom the wings of Night As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight." There is nothing very striking in the first, though it will bear study) tad close scrutiny only reveals... | |
| Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - 1850 - 438 pages
...shall present for your consideration, than by the citation of the Proem to Mr. Longfellow's "Waif:" The day is done, and the darkness falls from the wings...rain and 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... | |
| 430 pages
...kindled by their ray, to guide our steps to the East again, where the dawn is :" — THE DAY IS DONE. The day Is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. I sec the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist. And a feeling of sadness comes o'er... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...in historic pages, Brighter grows and gleams immortal, Unconsumed by moth or rust. THE DAY IS DONE. THE day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot resist ; A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And... | |
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