...sadness is inseparably connected with all the higher manifestations of true Beauty. It is, nevertheless, at is som lhe mist resembles the rain. The taint of which I speak is clearly perceptible even in a poem so full...

...comes.-George Mueller '-« '- b nevertheless The Day Is Done The day K done, and the darkness Foils from the wings of Night As a feather is wafted downward...From an eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the villages Gleam through the rain an* the mist, And a feeling of sadness tomes o er me That my soul cannot...

...which Mr. Longfellow often commits; — let us quote the verses: The day is done, and the darkness iterary Classics of the U.S. The single feather is imperfectly illustrative of the omniprevalcnt darkness — but our more especial...

...implies a ray which shines through an intervening medium or against a background of relative darkness <I see the lights of the village gleam through the rain and mist — Longfellow) <a light gleamed through the chinks in the wall— Dickens) <his dislike of me...

...Longfellow's poem "The Day Is Done" is well known, and deservedly: 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. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Well-known, quotable Longfellow. The end of this poem is one most people...

...A shapeless mass of wreck and rubbish lies. 1842 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. 5 I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes...

...consideration, 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...the mist. And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me. Thai my soul cannot resist; A feeling of sadness and longing. That is not akin to pain, And resembles...

...the awards ceremony. My minister gave a speech, quoting Longfellow: 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 am told that my minister challenged me to become an inspiration, to soar through storms, to achieve...

...Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) The day is done, and the darkness, Falls from the wings of Night, As the feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight....is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As mist resembles the rain. Come read to me some poem, Some single and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe...

...Poe relished it for this mood, and for the delicacy of its imagery: The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in its flight. In its concluding stanzas Longfellow described the kind of poetry which he and his readers...