 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...  The poetical works of H.W. Longfellow - Page 83by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855Full view - About this book
 | Mary Catherine Jackson - 1856 - 322 pages
...kindly, that I never was happy till I had kissed her round rosy cheek, and made her eyes twinkle with a feeling . " of sadness and longing That is not akin...pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles rain." She was thinking of her departed children I am sure, and loved nothing better than to fancy... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1857 - 628 pages
...the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes over me That my soul cannot resist — A feeling of sadness...That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only At the mitts resemble the rain And the night shall be filled with music. And the cares that infest... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1858 - 332 pages
...Longfellow's " Waif." 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...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
...almost inseparably connected with the higher manifestations of true Beauty. It is, nevertheless, " A feeling of sadness and longing That is not akin...resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain," for it belongs to our human nature to love to contemcr plate an idea, even while we dread it, and we... | |
 | Elizabeth Caroline Grey - 1858 - 312 pages
...impressed his mind with the undefinable feeling with which such loveliness inspires some hearts ; " That feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to...pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles rain." What is this ? Is it the promise ever sounding in the pilgrim's ear of rest, yet suffering the... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1858 - 388 pages
...Falls from the winga of Night, Asa feather is wafted downward From an Eagle in his flight. I ксе the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness eomes o'er me, That my foul eannnt resist ; 228 A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin... | |
 | 1858 - 402 pages
...and the darkness Falls from the wings of 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 comes o'er me That my soul cannot resist. A feeling of sadness and longing,... | |
 | 1858 - 890 pages
...pictures, has been of late years toned into something that is almost melancholy :— He reveals now, " A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain ; Or resembles sadness only As the mist resembles rain." He never toys with his work, never slurs over... | |
 | 1859 - 528 pages
...Longfellow's "Waif 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...feeling of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot rfist ; A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the... | |
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