| Edwin Paxton Hood - 1852 - 248 pages
...lighted, And like phantoms grira and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light, Dance upon the parlour wall. Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door — The beloved, the true hearted, Come to visit me once more. They, the holy ones, and weakly, Who the cross of suffering... | |
| 1852 - 610 pages
...our good, — they choose this season to enter our retirement, and to give it some cheer. Yes, — " The forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved ones, the true-hearted, Come to visit us once more." It is the same, too, with those who have changed... | |
| Martha Noyes Williams - 1853 - 290 pages
...wear an infinitely brighter face of perfection and of glory. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. LON OPEL LOW. WHEN the hours of day are numbered, And the voices of the...Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. 75 The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more. He, the young... | |
| Anna U. Russell - 1853 - 580 pages
...affecting ceremony, than that of a Moravian burial. EXERCISE CLXXII. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. Longfellow. WHEN the hours of day are numbered, And the voices of the...Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlour wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 496 pages
...shalt know ere long, Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and; be strong. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. WHEN the hours of Day are numbered. And the voices of the...lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit... | |
| 1853 - 402 pages
...HW LONGFELLOW. When the honra of day are numbered, And the Toices of the Bight Wake the better -mil. that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight, Ere the evening...and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance npon the parlor wall. Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved, the true... | |
| Edward Rupert Humphreys - 1854 - 486 pages
...recesses mortals shall come to judgment." EXERCISE XVIII. " The Footsieps of Angels" by LONGFELLOW. When the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the...Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlour-wall: Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved, the true-hearted,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1854 - 504 pages
...know ere long, Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. WHEN tne hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the Night...Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlour wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted,... | |
| 1854 - 794 pages
...last breath : ' Vergiss mein »cA//'( Forget me not!) TO! 1 — 8 ai gngtls. When the hours of day arc numbered. And the voices of the night Wake the better...from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlor wall — Theu the forms of the departed Enter the open door; The beloved, the true-hearted. Come to visit... | |
| John Cumming - 1854 - 316 pages
...eloquently, and in the midst of us. In the words of a beautiful poet, whom I have before quoted : " When the hours of day are numbered, And the voices of the...soul that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight; " Ere tho evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light... | |
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