 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
 | Standard poetry book - 1866 - 300 pages
...voice divine, Whisper'da 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, from that hush'd and darken'd room, Two angels issued, where but one went in. All is of God! if He but wave his... | |
 | 1867 - 386 pages
...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 thin ; And softly,...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,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1867 - 482 pages
...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 thin ; And softly,...! 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... | |
 | 1867 - 396 pages
...appear, on one occasion, I realized a little of that which Longfellow writes so nicely, where he says, " 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... | |
 | Lucy Pauline Wright Hobart - 1867 - 534 pages
...fell upon the house a sudden gloom, A shadow on those features fair and thin ; And softly from the hushed and darkened room Two angels issued, where but one went in. All is of God ! If He but waive his hand, The mists collect, the rains fall thick and loud, Till, with a smile of light on sea... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland - 1868 - 710 pages
...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 thin ; And softly,...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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1868 - 410 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,...angels issued, where but one went in. All is of God ! 1 f He but wave His hand, The mists collect, the rains fall thick and loud ; Till, with a smile of... | |
 | John Plummer - 1868 - 328 pages
...conquer still; Peace hath her victories No less renown'd than war." Milton. " All is of God! If He hut wave His hand, The mists collect, the rain falls thick...loud; Till, with a smile of light on sea and land, Lo! He looks back from the departing cloud." Longfellow. THE BLIND INVENTOE STILL AT WORK WE have traced... | |
 | 1868 - 452 pages
...INTELLIGENCE. after, without a struggle, ehe fell asleep in Jesus. " Then fell upon the house a sudden gloom, A shadow on those features fair and thin ; And softly from that hush'd and darken' d room Two angels issued, where but one went in." Teachers ! work on zealously for... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 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,...! 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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