 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...  Elementary English Composition - Page 174by Frederick Henry Sykes - 1900 - 222 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Swett - 1867 - 252 pages
...bells, bells, bells— To the moaning and the groaning of the bells. THE DAY IS DONE.— HW LONGFELLOW. THE day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot resist. Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe thla restless feeling,... | |
 | John Swett - 1868 - 246 pages
...bells, bells, bells— To the moaning and the groaning of the bells. THE DAY IS DONE.—HW LONGFELLOW. THE day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...I see the lights of the village Gleam through the ram and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot resist. Come, read to... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1868 - 252 pages
...length in hooks reeorded, They, like hoarded Honsehold words, no more depart. THE PAY IS ЛONЕ. TilE day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gieam throngh the rnin and the mist, And a feeling of saduess eomes o'er me, That my sonl eaunot resist... | |
 | James Henry Coghill - 1868 - 338 pages
...walk, going to the Glacier des Bois, but on reaching it found that " The day had gone and darkness Fell from the wings of night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight" The twilight is very short in the valley, and darkness comes 'almost suddenly upon it. I hastened back... | |
 | Francis Fisher Broune - 1869 - 420 pages
...— 0 friend, I fear the lightest heart makes sometimes heaviest mourning. Mrs. Norton. SADNESS. — The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. 1 see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1869 - 926 pages
...— 0 friend, I fear the lightest heart makes sometimes heaviest mourning. Mrs. Norton. SADNESS. — The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. 1 see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes... | |
 | Cycle - 1871 - 202 pages
...the night-wind Brings up the stream Murmurs and scents of the infinite sea. ARNOLD. THE DAY IS DONE. 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... | |
 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1872 - 432 pages
...tone must be elastic and full of life. To be natural it is not necessary to be dull. I. Gentle. 1. The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. 2. "How sweetly," said the trembling maid, Of her own gentle voice afraid — So long hnd they in silence... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1873 - 632 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...eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village ("fleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness conies o'er me That my soul cannot... | |
 | Mary Clemmer - 1873 - 388 pages
...emotion into a material fact, is found in a verse from her parody on Longfellow's beautiful lyric : — " I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot resist ; A feeling of sadness and... | |
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