 | 1879 - 506 pages
...zeal of the country may be stirred up to help on the cause the author has so much at heart. JH ajr is 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. I see the lights of the village Gleam... | |
 | 1879 - 422 pages
...treesChanted softly It comes—" we all point the same way." MY FRIENDS AND I: MEMORIES. BY LW DODGE. The day Is done, and the darkness Falls 'from the wings of night, As a feather is wafted downward Prom an eagle in Its flight. —Longfellow. 1 have been standing with... | |
 | Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock - 1879 - 424 pages
...Chanted softly it conies — " we all point the same way." IfT FRIENDS AND I: MEMORIES. BY LW DODGE. The day Is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of night. As a feather is wafteil downward From an eagle in ltd flight. — Longfellow. I have been standing... | |
 | 1908 - 710 pages
...annoyances." The same thought is beautifully expressed in the familiar words of our great poet : — "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. " I see the lights of the village Gleam... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1880 - 1124 pages
...The last still loveliest, till — Ч is gone — and all is gray. Childe Harold, Cant. ¡T. BYRON. mes Grant As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. The Day is Done. LONGFELLOW. leek Nature's... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1880 - 328 pages
...the vast cathedral, By sweet echoes multiplied, Still the birds repeat the legend, THE DAY IS DONE. 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. I see the lights of the village Gleam... | |
 | John McGovern - 1880 - 762 pages
...profit in " The Day is Done." At the second excerpt the poet has begged a companion to read to him : i 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. 2. Not from the grand old masters, Not... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1881 - 114 pages
...Sayeth this incessantly, — " Forever — never ! Never — forever ! " H birth, THE DAY IS DONE. 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. I see the lights of the village Gleam... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - 1881 - 1138 pages
...nothing but glistening dewdrops Remain'd of my dream to-day. ADELAIDE ANNE PBOCTUL THE DAY is DOXE. XXIII. He turns, and, lo ! As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1881 - 588 pages
...shall present for your cousideration, than by the citation of the Proem to Mr. Longfellow's " Waif" : 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 I see the lights of the village Gleam through... | |
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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. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot... 
