 When the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul, that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight ; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlour...  Christian Examiner and Theological Review - Page 2471840Full view - About this book
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1843 - 324 pages
...To suffer and be strong. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance...ones, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more ; By the roadside fell and perish'd, Weary with the march of life! He, the young and strong, who cherish'd... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 174 pages
...soul, that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight ; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light...the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more ; He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longings... | |
 | 1843 - 708 pages
...are lighted, And like phantoms, grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon my parlor wall ; " Then the forms of the departed Enter at the...ones, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more. " With a slow and noiseless footstep Comes the messenger divine, Takes the vacant chair beside me,... | |
 | 1843 - 678 pages
...are lighted, And like phantoms, grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon my parlor wall ; " Then the forms of the departed Enter at the...ones, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more. " With a slow and noiseless footstep Comes the messenger divine, Takes the vacant chair beside me,... | |
 | 1843 - 582 pages
...phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlor wall ; Then the forma of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved...ones, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more." Who would, if he could, drive from his mind this innocent and happy belief, even admitting it to be... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1844 - 136 pages
...soul that slumber'd To a holy, calm delight; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light...visit me once more. He, the young and strong, who cherish'd Noble longings for the strife, — By the road-side fell and perish'd, Weary with the march... | |
 | 1844 - 878 pages
...Hlumbcred, To a boly, calm delight ; Ere the evening lamps ore lighted. And, like phantoms grim mid tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon...the departed Enter At the open door ; The beloved, the true hearted. Come to visit me once more : He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble lunKiiiKh... | |
 | 1844 - 504 pages
...are lighted, And like phantoms grim and tall Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlor wall; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door, The belov'd ones, the true-hearted Come to visit me once more ; He, the young and strong who cherish'd... | |
 | 1863 - 518 pages
...And like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight, Dance upon the parlor-wall ; " Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit us once more."t The state of the atmosphere is well known to have a... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 396 pages
...upon the parlor-wall — Then the forms of the departed linter at the open door ; The beloYed-one, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more ! He,...young and strong, who cherished Noble longings for ihe strife — By the road-side fell and perished, Weary with ihe march of life! They, the holy ones... | |
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