 | 1850 - 464 pages
...her countenance ; Gentleness on her lips ; And work in her hands. THE DAY IS DONE. The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night As...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,... | |
 | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1845 - 652 pages
...village Gleam through the rain and tho mist, And a feeing: of sadness cornea o'er we, That my soul canuot resist : A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles Borrow only As the mist resembles the rain. Come, read to me come poem. Some simple and heartfelt lay,... | |
 | 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 - 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | 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... | |
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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... 
