 THE day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight.  Poems ... - Page 75by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1854Full view - About this book
 | Jacob William Miller, Charles H. Harlow - 1882 - 326 pages
...should still " be up and doing," learn " to labor and to wait ;" and, when the practical work of " The day is done, and the darkness falls from the wings of night," should look above the ocean's " Minnehaha," the trade \vind " laughing waters" — ' ' Where blossom... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1882 - 412 pages
...recent date is the following from Longfellow : The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wing of night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his night. RULE 3. Similes should not be drawn from objects with which ordinary readers are unacquainted.... | |
 | Ernest Ingersoll - 1883 - 248 pages
...grandeur of the Rocky Mountains as garniture for your dining-hall. Then the times afterward, when " The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night !" That is the pleasant hour of camp-life, a,nd you forget that a little while ago you were vowing... | |
 | Susan Bogert Warner - 1882 - 518 pages
...world, don't you see ? There comes down a feeling of repose upon one, softly, as Longfellow says — " As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight." Only I should say in this case it was from the wing of an angel.' 'Mrs. Barclay, you are too poetical... | |
 | George Walter Baynham - 1883 - 416 pages
...road, The old for his eternal change prepare, Aud whosoever will, life's water freely share." (176.) THE DAY IS DONE. The day is done, and the darkness...eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gltam through the rain and the mist, Aud a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot resist... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 pages
...Infest the day Shall fold their tents like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. 1436 Longfellow: The Day is Done The day Is done, and the darkness...feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. 1437 Longfellow : The Day is Done The curfew tolls the knell of partina; day ; The Sowing herd winds... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 588 pages
...restless heart ; , Till at length in books recorded, They, like hoarded Household words, no more depart. THE DAY IS DONE. THE day is done, and the darkness...Night As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in its flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1883 - 498 pages
...Land of Sleep, And his lifeless body lay A worn-out fetter, that the soul Had broken and thrown away ! THE DAY is DONE. THE day is done, and the darkness...Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in its flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist. And a feeling of sadness... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 744 pages
...restless heart ; Till at length in books recorded, They, like hoarded Household words, no more depart. THE DAY IS DONE. THE day is done, and the darkness...Night As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in its flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness... | |
 | E.H. Butler & Co - 1853 - 396 pages
...5. PnVlude, introductory performance. 1. Ra'di ant, beaming with brightness. 37.-THE DAY IS DONE. 1. THE day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. 2. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist ;. And a feeling of sadness... | |
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