 On England's annals, through the long Hereafter of her speech and song, That light its rays shall cast From portals of the past. A lady with a lamp shall stand In the great history of the land, A noble type of good, Heroic womanhood.  The lady of La Garaye - Page 126by Caroline Elizabeth S. Norton (hon. mrs. George.) - 1862Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Buckley Smith - 1858 - 310 pages
...speechless sufferer turns to kiss The shadow as it falls Upon the darkening walls. As if a door in heaven should be Opened, and then closed suddenly,...with a lamp shall stand In the great history of the land • — A noble type of good Heroic womanhood. Nor even shall be wanting here The palm, the lily,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 724 pages
...speechless sufferer turns to kiss Her shadow, as it falls Upon the darkening walls. As if a door from heaven should be Opened, and then closed suddenly,...with a lamp shall stand In the great history of the land, A noble type of good Heroic womanhood. Nor even shall be wanting here The palm, the lily, and... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 136 pages
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 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 136 pages
...sufferer turns to kiss Her shadow, as it falls Upon the darkening walls. As if a door in heaven should bo Opened and then closed suddenly, The vision came and...with a Lamp shall stand In the great history of the land, A noble type of good, Heroic womanhood. Is or even shall be wanting here The palm, the lily,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1898 - 872 pages
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 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Gilbert - 1860 - 448 pages
...speeehless sufferer turns to kiss HIT shadow, as it falls I'pon the darkening walls. As if a door in heaven should be Opened and then closed suddenly,...England's annals, through the long Hereafter of her speeeh and song, That light its rays shall cast From portals of the past. A Lady with a Lamp shall... | |
 | Sherard Osborn - 1860 - 146 pages
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 | Annie Maria Minster - 1861 - 424 pages
...for Hayti, where they proposed spending the greater part of the winter. CHAPTER X. " As if a door in heaven should be Opened, and then closed suddenly, The vision came and went." LoNGFELLoW. PGGR, desolate heart ! Dark, desolate house ! How shall the sunshine of joy ever again... | |
 | 1861 - 522 pages
...die. That which Florence Nightingale has done and is doing will in its effects also be eternal. » " On England's annals, through the long Hereafter of her speech and song', A light its rays shall ea-t I'rom portals of the past." "A lady with a lamp shall stand In the great... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1862 - 548 pages
...falls , Upon the darkening walls As if a door in heaven should be Opened and then closed snddenly, The vision came and went, The light shone and was...••From portals of the past. .... A Lady with a lamp than stand In tiie great hittory of the land, A noble type of good, Heroic womanhood. Nor even shall... | |
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