 Twas at thy door, O friend ! and not at mine, The angel with the amaranthine wreath, Pausing, descended, and with voice divine, Whispered a word that had a sound like Death. Then fell upon the house a sudden gloom, A shadow on those features fair and...  Littell's Living Age - Page 491854Full view - About this book
 | Testament (Old) - 1871 - 504 pages
...this is not your I rest." i Ascribe ye strength unto God. Ps. Ixviii. 34. ; Ixx. 34. ; xcvi. 7, 8. ALL is of God ! if He but wave His hand The mists...loud, Till, with a smile of light on sea and land, Lo ! He looks back from the departing cloud. Angels of Life and Death alike are His ; Without His leave... | |
 | 1873 - 182 pages
...voice divine, Whispered a word that had a sound of Death. Then fell upon the house a sudden gloom — A shadow on those features fair and thin ; And softly,...darkened room, Two angels issued, where but one went in. THE BEE OPHRYS.— ERROR. See, Delia, see this image bright ! why starts my fair one at the sight ?... | |
 | Anson Davies Fitz Randolph - 1872 - 298 pages
...voice divine, Whispered a word that had a toui.d like Death Then fell upon the house a sudden gloom, A shadow on those features fair and thin ; And softly...hand, The mists collect, the rain falls thick and loud fill, with a smile of light on sea and land, Lo ! He looks back from the departing cloud. Angels of... | |
 | Anson Davies Fitz Randolph - 1872 - 290 pages
...voice divine, Whispered a word that had a soured like Death* Then feh upon the house a sudden gloom, A shadow on those features fair and thin ; And softly...hand, The mists collect, the rain falls thick and louds Till, with a smile of light on sea and land, Lo ! He looks back from the departing cloud, Angels... | |
 | 1872 - 710 pages
...He sorrow sends ; So comfort on temptation still attends. George Wither. 26O3. PROVIDENCE, Divine. f. Let no man trust the first false step Of guilt...steep descent in last perdition ends. Young. To what g He looks back from the departing cloud. Angels of life and death alike are His ; [o'er; Without His... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1872 - 730 pages
...divine, ; Whispered a word, that had a sound like Death. Then fell upon the house a sudden gloom — A shadow on those features fair and thin ; And softly,...hushed and darkened room, Two angels issued, where bnt one went in. All is of God ! If He but wave His hand, The mists collect, the rains fall thick ahd... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1873 - 360 pages
...sound like Death. Then fell upon the house a sudden gloom, A shadow on those features fair and thin ; All is of God ! If he but wave his hand, The mists...loud, Till, with a smile of light on sea and land, Lo ! he looks back from the departing cloud. Angels of Life and Death alike are his ; Without his leave... | |
 | American Unitarian Association - 1873 - 374 pages
...may ever be, And feel thy presence with us always near. 269. jl« is of God. HW LOHOFBUOW. 1 AT.T. is of God : if he but wave his hand, The mists collect,...; Till, with a smile of light on sea and land, Lo ! he looks back from the departing cloud. 2 Angels of life and death alike are his ; Without his leave... | |
 | Emily Sarah Holt - 1873 - 414 pages
...voice divine, Whispered a word which had a sound like death. Then fell upon the house a sudden gloom, A shadow on those features fair and thin ; And softly,...darkened room, Two angels issued, where but one went in." CHAPTER V. ENTER AN APPARITION. " The wicked world, the flesh and devil, — Man will not spare to... | |
 | Mary Elizabeth Shipley - 1873 - 408 pages
...Who heals the heart He breaks. Perfect and true are all His ways, Whom heaven adores and death obeys. All is of God ! If He but wave His hand, The mists collect, the rains fall thick and loud, Till, with a smile of light on sea and land, Lo ! He looks back from the... | |
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