 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...  The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Page 39by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 375 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pages
...review the scene, And summon from the shadowy Past The forms that once have been. A Gleam of Sunshine. The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his (light. The Day it Done. A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1883 - 542 pages
...what they think proper to call "strictures" on the author of " Outre-Mer." CV. — LONGFELLOW'S WAIF. The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in its flight. Proem to Longfellow's " Waif." The single feather here is imperfectly illustrative of the... | |
 | John Swett - 1884 - 404 pages
...whose glimmerings almost meet, Crowd back to narrow bounds the ancient night. 11. THE DAY IS DONE. 1. The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. 2. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes... | |
 | Illustrated poems - 1885 - 370 pages
...could not understand Why closer in mine, ah ! closer, I pressed his warm, soft hand ! — LONGFELLOW. THE DAY IS DONE. THE Day is done, and the darkness...through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness came o'er me, That my soul cannot resist ; A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain,... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 620 pages
...DAY IS DONE. THE day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted2 downward From an eagle in his flight. I see the lights...And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me That my soul can not resist: A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin3 to pain, And resembles sorrow only... | |
 | William Swinton - 1885 - 624 pages
...DAY IS DONE. THE day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted2 downward From an eagle in his flight. I see the lights...And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me That my soul can not resist: A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin3 to pain, And resembles sorrow only... | |
 | Thomas W. Handford - 1885 - 456 pages
...remain, very truly yours, HENRY W. LONGFELLOW." We select three of the best known of Longfellow's poems: THE DAY IS DONE. The day is done, and the darkness...As a feather is wafted downward , From an eagle in its flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness... | |
 | William Henry Maxwell - 1888 - 176 pages
...ENGLISH GRAMMAR. 10. Good writing requires a careful attention to the proper slant of the letters. 11. The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me That my soul can not resist: A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only... | |
 | Charles Francis Richardson - 1888 - 1044 pages
...fault. It hardly seems that "A Psalm of Life" and "The Day is Done" could come from the same hand : "The day is done,, and the darkness Falls from the...feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight ; " this is melody, the melody of the author of " Hiawatha," and of him who wrote such lines as " When... | |
 | William Henry Maxwell - 1888 - 178 pages
...darkness Falls from the wings of night, As a feather is wafted downward From an fugle in his night. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the...And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me That my soul can not resist: A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only... | |
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