 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
 | Hetty Bowman - 1874 - 180 pages
...There is a spell in such a spot, — a spell of deep and thrilling power, — a feeling of " sadness that is not akin to pain, ' ' And resembles sorrow only, As the mist resembles rain. " Such a train of thought filled the mind of the writer while spending a few hours beneath the... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1875 - 452 pages
...LONGFELLOW 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...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... | |
 | William Browning Morgan - 1875 - 104 pages
...passage in simple prose order : — The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, 1 see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain...sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot resist. 12. Select the extensions of the predicates in the above verses, and say of what they consist. 13.... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1875 - 400 pages
...sadness is inseparably connected with all 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. The taint of which I speak is clearly perceptible even in a poem so full of brilliancy and spirit as... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 pages
...from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. The Day is Done. A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin...resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain. ftid. And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day Shall fold their... | |
 | Margaret Fuller - 1875 - 468 pages
...years, will remain of thy race but the foot-prints)l Here is another very graceful and natural simile : A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the aunt resembles rain. Another — I will forget her! All dear recollections, Pressed in my heart like... | |
 | James Willis Westlake - 1876 - 168 pages
...Rvtntnf.\ CH. 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...resembles sorrow, only As the mist resembles the rain. LONGFRLLOW : Day is Done. God's Livery.] CIH. God's livery is a very plain one ; but its wearers have... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1876 - 196 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...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... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1876 - 522 pages
...rii'ltllift?* j*jnsrT:'r:'^Y connected with all 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. The taint of which I speak is clearly perceptible even in a poem so full of brilliancy and spirit as... | |
 | University magazine - 1876 - 828 pages
...and talks that had taken place during its course, and again that undefined sadness came over her. " A feeling of sadness and longing That is not akin to pain, And only resembles sorrow As the mist resembles rain." Miss Heathcote looked very hard at her niece as... | |
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