 That fill the haunted chambers of the Night, Like some old poet's rhymes. From the cool cisterns of the midnight air, My spirit drank repose; The fountain of perpetual peace flows there, — From those deep cisterns flows. O holy Night! from thee I learn...  Southern Quarterly Review - Page 455edited by - 1842Full view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1839 - 174 pages
...From those deep cisterns flows. O holy Night ! from thee I learn to bear What man has borne before ! Thou layest thy finger on the lips of Care, And they...thrice-prayed for ! the most fair ! The best-beloved Night ! A PSALM OF LIFE. WHAT THE HURT OT THE YOUJTO Mil! >11D TO THE PIALWI9T. TELL me not, in mournful... | |
 | William Evans Burton, Edgar Allan Poe - 1840 - 616 pages
...! from thce I learn to bear What man has borne before! Thou layest thy finger on the lips of cnre, And they complain no more. Peace ! Peace ! Orestes-like...thrice-prayed for, the most fair, The best-beloved Night. No poem ever opened with a beauty more august. The five first stanzas are nearly perfect — by which... | |
 | 1840 - 326 pages
...those deep cisterns flows. O holy Night ! from thee I learn to bear What man has borne before! Tho« layest thy finger on the lips of care, And they complain...this prayer ! Descend with broad-winged flight. The weleome, the thrice-prayed for, the most fair, The best-beloved Night. No poem ever opened with a beauty... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 174 pages
...From those deep cisterns flows. O holy Night ! from thee I learn to bear What man has borne before ! Thou layest thy finger on the lips of Care, And they...thrice-prayed for, the most fair, The best-beloved Night ! A PSALM OF LIFE. WHAT THE HEART OF THE TOUWG HAW SAID TO THE P9ALMI3T. TELL me not, in mournful numbers,... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1846 - 350 pages
...cheer, elevate, and console : O holy night ! from thee I learn to bear What man has borne before ! Thou layest thy finger on the lips of Care, And they complain no more. Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1846 - 350 pages
...elevate, and console : 0 holy night ! from thee I learn to bear What man has borne before ! Thou layout thy finger on the lips of Care, And they complain no more. Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 500 pages
...From those deep cisterns flows. O holy Night ! from thee I learn to bear What man has borne before ! Thou layest thy finger on the lips of Care, And they...thrice-prayed for, the most fair, The best-beloved Night ! A PSALM OF LIFE. WHAT THE HEABT OF THE TOUSG MA* SAID TO THE PSALMIST. TELL me not, in mournful numbers,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...of perpetual peace flows there,0 holy Night ! from thee I learn to bear What man has borne before ! Thou layest thy finger on the lips of Care, And they...thrice-prayed for, the most fair, The best-beloved Night ! 21 A PSALM OF LIFE. WHAT THE HEART OF TEE TOON9 MAN BAID TO THE PSALMIST. TELL me not, in mournful... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1850 - 380 pages
...As of the one I love ! * * * " O, holy night ! from thee I learn to bear What man has done before ; Thou layest thy finger on the lips of care, And they complain no more !" We must, however, warn Mr. Longfellow against the indiscriminate use of " stars " and celestial... | |
 | Thomas Powell - 1850 - 384 pages
...As of the one I love ! * * * " O, holy night ! from thee I learn to bear What man has done before ; Thou layest thy finger on the lips of care, And they complain no more !" criminate use of " stars " and celestial machinery : it shows either a poverty of illustration,... | |
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