 Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer, Or tears from the eyelids start ; Who, through long days of labor. And nights devoid of ease. Still heard in his soul the music Of wonderful melodies....  Poems - Page 235by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1856 - 764 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Mary Andrews Denison - 1867 - 372 pages
...hurriedly, and touea Of melancholy beauty, died away Upon its strings of sweetness." " Whose song gushed from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer, Or tears from the eye-lids start." a second mother, you might have added," said Lieutenant Weiss, who, for the last ten minutes had appeared... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1868 - 410 pages
...toil and endeavour ; And to-night I lon.j for rest. Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer,...long days of labour, And nights devoid of ease, Still beard in his soul the music Of wonderful melodies. Such songs have power to quiet The restless pulse... | |
 | John Swett - 1868 - 246 pages
...endless toil and endeavor; And to-night I long for rest. Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer,...from the eyelids start; Who, through long days of labor, And nights devoid of ease, Still heard in his soul the music Of wonderful melodies. Such Bongs... | |
 | 1868 - 194 pages
...-NRLF ,., • ' / '1 ,1 I / CHIEFLY SELECTED FROM MODERN AUTHORS. "Such songs have power to quiet The restless pulse...come like the benediction That follows after prayer!" WITH UPWARDS OF ONE HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS. fcfa gorh : PREFACE. N this little volume we have endeavoured... | |
 | George Heath - 1870 - 294 pages
...RAISED BY SUBSCRIPTION ... 261 MEMOIR OF GEORGE WEATH. " Read from some humble poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart As showers from the clouds of summer,...heard in his soul the music Of wonderful melodies." — Longfellow. is both interesting and instructive to read over the records and achievements of genius... | |
 | 1870 - 640 pages
...degree with all the creators of Art. There is a time of preparation with them, as with the poet, 1 Who through long days of labour, And nights devoid...heard in his soul the music Of wonderful melodies.' f * Psalm xx>:ix. t Longfellow. And he meditates on the thought of beauty, whether it be the plan of... | |
 | 1870 - 674 pages
...degree with all the creators of Art. There is a time of preparation with them, as with the poet, ' Who through long days of labour, And nights devoid...heard in his soul the music Of wonderful melodies.' f And he meditates on the thought of beauty, whether it be the plan of Cologne Cathedral, or whether... | |
 | 1871 - 314 pages
...endless toil and endeavor ; And to-night I long for rest. Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer,...from the eyelids start; Who, through long days of labor, And nights devoid of ease, Still heard in his soul the music Of wonderful melodies. Such songs... | |
 | Asahel Clark Kendrick - 1871 - 484 pages
...endless toil and endeavor; And to-night I long for rest. Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer,...from the eyelids start ; Who, through long days of labor. And nights devoid of ease. Still heard in his soul the music Of wonderful melodies. Such songs... | |
 | James D. McCabe - 1871 - 694 pages
...scarcely a library, however humble, but can boast a wellworn volume of his tender songs, — songs that " Have power to quiet The restless pulse of care, And...come like the benediction That follows after prayer." He was born in the city of Portland, Maine, on the 27th of February, 1807, and was the son of the Hon.... | |
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