THE DAY IS 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 village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me... The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Page 87by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 492 pagesFull view - About this book
| 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...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 mist resembles... | |
| 430 pages
...lamp, which was 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...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... | |
| Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 pages
...other than it is. This alone is health and happiness. This alone is life." 29* PROEM TO "THE WAIF." THE day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in its flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1852 - 258 pages
...Tempest-shattered, Floating waste and desolate ; — Kvcr drifting, drifting, drifting On the shifting Currents of the restless heart ; Till at length in books recorded,...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... | |
| Mrs. J. Thayer - 1853 - 144 pages
...to bid them come Youth's half-forgotten hopes, childhood's remembered home. MRS. NORTON. Twilight. THE day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. I see the lamps of the Tillage Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, That... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 264 pages
...Tempest-shattered, Floating waste and desolate ; — Ever drifting, drifting, drifting On the shifting Currents of the restless heart ; Till at length in books recorded,...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... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe - 1858 - 332 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...sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot resist ; 228 THE POETIC PRINCIPLE. A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles... | |
| Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...DONE. The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downwards From an eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the...sadness comes o'er me That my soul cannot resist. Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heartfelt lay That shall soothe this restless feeling,... | |
| Frederick Hinde - 1858 - 64 pages
...America. The first constitutes the opening of his good lyric, " The Day is Done " : it stands thus; " The Day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight ; " and the second closes that beautiful and airy production, the whole of which is strongly marked... | |
| 1858 - 402 pages
...be hoped they will supercede all others for home consumption. The Day is Done. 1 ВТ HW LONOPILLOW. The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in its flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and mist, And a feeling of sadness... | |
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