| 1839 - 226 pages
...cares and woes, Seems less like earth than heaven. From the Knickerbocker. VOICES OF THE NIGHT. I. When the hours of Day are numbered. And the Voices...better soul that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight: 11. Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1839 - 174 pages
...world like this, And thou shall know ere long, Know how sublime a thing it is, To suffer and be strong. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. WHEN the hours of Day are numbered,...the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved ones, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more ; He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1840 - 588 pages
...achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait." — pp. 5-7. Or that exquisite and tender poem, the "Footsteps of Angels." "When the hours of Day are...the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved ones, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more ; " He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble... | |
| Edward Payson Weston - 1840 - 224 pages
...In graceful numbers flow, Giving new zest to pleasure, FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. WHEN the hours of day are numbered, And the voices...Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlor wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved ones, the true-hearted,... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1840 - 686 pages
...WHEN the hours of day are number'd, And the voices of the night Wake the better soul, that slumberM, To a holy calm delight. Ere the evening lamps are...the departed Enter at the open door ! The beloved ones, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more. He, the young and strong, who cherish 'd Noble... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1840 - 688 pages
...WHEN the hours of day are nunober'd, And the voices of the night Wake the better soul, that slumberM, To a holy calm delight. Ere the evening lamps are...Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door I The beloved ones, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more. He, the young and strong, who cherish... | |
| 1840 - 424 pages
...without offering our readers another example, to confirm the opinion we have undertaken to express. " FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. " When the hours of Day are numbered,...delight ; " Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like shadows grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlour wall ; " Then the... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 328 pages
...and be strong. FOOTSTEPS OP ANGELS. WHEN the hours of Day are number'd, And the voices of the Night Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms...the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved ones, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more ; He, the young and strong, who cherish'd Noble... | |
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