 Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlour wall; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more...  Bentley's Miscellany - Page 78edited by - 1840Full view - About this book
 | 1851 - 790 pages
...numbered, And the voices of the night Wake the better soul that slumbered To a holy calm delight ; ***** " Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door, — The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit [them] once more ;"* these love to trace her in her almost prophetic... | |
 | Cotesworth Pinckney - 1848 - 148 pages
...WHEN the hours of day are numbered, And the voice of the night Wakes the better soul that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight ; Ere the evening lamps are...Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlor wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door, The beloved ones — the true-hearted,... | |
 | Timothy Stone Pinneo - 1847 - 502 pages
...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...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,... | |
 | 1848 - 460 pages
...the night Wake tiie hetter soul that slumtiered, To a holy, calm delight— Ere the evening lamps arc lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows, from the fitful fire-light, Dance upon the parlor wall — Then the forme of the departed Enter at the open door; The ileloved ones, the true... | |
 | 1851 - 824 pages
...of the first ¡s the universally popular poem of " The Footsteps of Angels." The scene begins with "And like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlor wall." This is indicated in the back ground. The middle ground represents " The. forms of the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 500 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Thomas Vincent Fosbery - 1850 - 416 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 1850 - 560 pages
...WHEN the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the Night Wake the better sonl, that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight: Ere the evening lamps are...the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more; He, the yonng and strong, who cherished Noble longings... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1850 - 608 pages
...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...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,... | |
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