Such songs have power to quiet The restless pulse of care, And come like the benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice. And the night shall... The New Monthly Belle Assemblée - Page 1811850Full view - About this book
| Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...pulse of care, And come like the benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme...their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. VANITY OF BEGBET. From OMAB BHIAM, one of the most distinguished Persian poets. He flourished... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1853 - 522 pages
...pulse of care, And come like the benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume . The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme...their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. With no great range of imagination, these lines have been justly admired for their delicacy of... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 470 pages
...pulse of care, And come like the benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme...that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arahs, And as silently steal away. AFTERNOON IN FEBRUARY. THE day is ending, The night is descending... | |
| Life - 1853 - 308 pages
...Strike up, Oldsworth; and I'll follow you ! CHAPTER III. The night shall be filled with music, And cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. LONGFBLLOW. Mais, ta jeune et brillante image, Que le regret vint embellir, Dans mon sein ne... | |
| Alfred Bunn - 1853 - 362 pages
...and that brilliant termination of it : " And our nights shall be made of music, And the cares which infest the day Shall fold their tents like the Arabs, And as silently steal away." CHAPTEE IV. American hotels — Food for body as well as soul — How to get a good dinner,... | |
| James Smith - 1853 - 448 pages
...to recite some choice passage in history, or — " To read from the treasured volume The poem of his choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of his voice." These readings were followed by critical disquisitions or comments ; and, as thought kindles... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1854 - 472 pages
...pulse of care, And come like the benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme...their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. A.FTERNOON IN FEBRUARY. THE day is ending, The night is descending ; The marsh is frozen, The... | |
| Edwin Davies (D.D.) - 1854 - 154 pages
...benediction That follows after prayer. Thus the night shall be filled with music, And the cares that conceal the day, Shall fold their tents like the Arabs, And as silently steal away." THERE are many vastly interesting truths which do not appear on the pages of Scripture with... | |
| 1854 - 696 pages
...marine artist. MIDNIGHT RECOLLECTIONS, OR A SOLDIER'S CONFESSION. " And our nights shall be made of music. And the cares that infest the day, - Shall fold their tents like tho Arabs, And so silently steal away." ABOUT the setting of the sun our anchor is a weigh and out... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 568 pages
...pulse of care, And come like the benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme...their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. AFTERNOON IN FEBRUARY. Through clouds like ashes The red sun flashes On village-windows That... | |
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