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... A Treasury of American Verse - Page 14edited by - 1897 - 307 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1850 - 464 pages
...DONE. 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...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,... | |
| 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,... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| Margaret Fuller - 1846 - 382 pages
...years, will remain of thy race but the foot-prints 1 Here is another very graceful and natural simile : A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin...pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles rain. Another — I will forget her ! All dear recollections, Pressed in my heart like flowers within... | |
| Sarah Margaret Ossoli (march.) - 1846 - 198 pages
...years, will remain of thy race but the foot-prints 7 Here is another very graceful and natural simile : A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only v As the mist resembles rain. Another — I will forget her ! All dear recollections, Pressed in my... | |
| 1847 - 540 pages
...winter's icy air, For we found our climate in the heart, and it was summer there. JR DRAKE. 14. The feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to...pain, And resembles sorrow only, As the mist resembles rain. HW LONGFELLOW. 15. O ! dear is my cottage, unclouded by sorrow, And sweet is the bower my Eme... | |
| 1847 - 526 pages
...winter's icy air, For we found our climate in the heart, and it was summer there. JR DRAKE. 14. The feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to...pain, And resembles sorrow only, As the mist resembles rain. HW LONGFELLOW. 15. O ! dear is my cottage, unclouded by sorrow, And sweet is the bower my Erne... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 170 pages
...DONE. The day is done, and the 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...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... | |
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