 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
 | 1877 - 362 pages
...Sheridan. Go. — Stand not upon the order of your going, But oo at once. — SHAKESPERE, Macbeth. God. — 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... | |
 | William Robertson (of Rochdale.) - 1877 - 568 pages
...appearance, and he was named William, but four years after " There fell upon the house a sudden gloom, A shadow on those features fair and thin, And softly, from that hush'd and darkened room, Two angels issued, where but one went in." And this boy was the first of... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 442 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 - 1878 - 212 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,...The mists collect, the rain falls thick and loud, THE TWO ANGELS. 35 Till, with a smile of light on sea and laud, Lo ! he looks back from the departing... | |
 | John Baillie - 1878 - 462 pages
...sharpness. It comes from a true and not undiscerning disciple, and is meant for ' an excellent oil.' ' 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.' U ' Sprinkled with His atoning blood, Safely before our... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1891 - 800 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, from that hushed and darkened rooni, Two angels issued, where but one went in. All is of God ! If he but wave his hand, The mists... | |
 | George Stewart - 1892 - 184 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,...of light on sea and land, Lo I He looks back from Ihe departing cloud." A privately printed volume of Mrs. Lowell's poems appeared a year or two after... | |
 | Emma J. Todd, William Bramwell Powell - 1892 - 546 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... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1893 - 168 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,...darkened room, Two angels issued, where but one went in." IV. FOR some years between 1853 and 1859, Lowell received a few of his Cambridge friends on Sunday... | |
 | Emma Elizabeth Brown - 1895 - 372 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...angels issued, where but one went in. " All is of God I If He but wave His hand, The mists collect, the rain falls thick and loud, Till, with a smile of... | |
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