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 parlor wall ; Then the forms of the departed... Chambers's Edinburgh Journal - Page 1941844Full view - About this book
| Mary Edwards Calhoun, Emma Leonora MacAlarney - 1915 - 670 pages
...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 beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more ; He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longings for... | |
| Augustus Hopkins Strong - 1916 - 522 pages
...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 beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more; They, the holy ones and weakly, Who the cross of suffering... | |
| George Weston - 1917 - 198 pages
...head! A great wave of relief swept over Mary and left her warm and weak. She raised the book again: Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more — — Again she suddenly lowered the book, and again she... | |
| Harry Lyman Koopman - 1919 - 648 pages
...lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlor wall ; Then the forms of 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 for... | |
| 1919 - 966 pages
...lighted, 5 And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlor hout delay, 5 Scaring the parson into fits, Frightening people 10 The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more ; He, the young and strong, who cherished... | |
| W. Bickle Haynes - 1921 - 232 pages
...from one to another, and receive and communicate delight, so that every cup is joy-brimmed : — " Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more." If there is no gifted one present, to promote intercourse,... | |
| Charles H. Sylvester - 1922 - 538 pages
...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 beloved, the true-hearted, He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longings for the strife, By the roadside... | |
| Fred Lewis Pattee - 1922 - 360 pages
...are lighted, And like specters 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 sit with me once more. And with them the being beauteous Who... | |
| Fred Lewis Pattee - 1922 - 364 pages
...and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlor wall, The Shadow of Longfellow 229 Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The belov'd ones, the true-hearted Come to sit with me once more. And with them the being beauteous Who... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 408 pages
...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, — Tile beloved ones, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more : He, the young and strong, who... | |
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