 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
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...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, Dance upon...departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more; He, the young and strong, who cheriah'd Noble longings for... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1861 - 912 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Rev. Robert Forbes - 1861 - 410 pages
...numhered, And the voices of the night, Wake the better soul that slumhered To a holy, calm delight. " Then the forms of the departed, Enter at the open...door,— The beloved, the true hearted, Come to visit us once more ! " It appears to us, that the source of the widespread notion of the re-appearance of... | |
 | Henry Howe - 1861 - 844 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 ones, the true -hearted, Come to visit me once more; He, the young and stroug, who cherish'd Noble... | |
 | 1864 - 576 pages
...is often so with me in the twilight, " Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows, from the fitful fire-light, Dance upon...departed Enter at the open door, The beloved, the true-hearted Come to visit me once more." What faces are before me now t One above all others. The... | |
 | Lays - 1862 - 406 pages
...that slumber'd To a holy, calm delight ; Ere the evening lamps are lighted And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon...the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved ones, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more. He, the young and strong, who cherish'd Noble longings... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 796 pages
...lighted. And, like phantoms grim and lull, 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 cherish'd Noble longings for... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1862 - 792 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 oiice more ; He, the young and strong, who cherish'd Noble longings... | |
 | Charles William Bardeen - 1898 - 406 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... | |
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