 And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul, that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight ; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlor wall ; Then the forms of the departed...  Chambers's Edinburgh Journal - Page 1941844Full view - About this book
 | People's and Howitt's journal - 938 pages
...numbered, and the voices of the Night W»ke the bolter roul, that slumbered, to a holy, calm delight ; Waco the forms of the departed enter at the open door ; The beloved, the tine-heart* d, come to visit us once more. Kor do I know many finer things of tho kind than his Crotchet.... | |
 | 1847 - 828 pages
...Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful twilight Dance upon the parlour wall : Then the forms of the...departed Enter at the open door; The beloved, the true-hearted Come to visit me once more ; He, the young an:l strong, who cherish'd Noble longings for... | |
 | 1851 - 790 pages
...numbered, And the voices of the night Wake the better soul that slumbered To a holy calm delight ; ***** " Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door, — The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit [them] once more ;"* these love to trace her in her almost prophetic writings,... | |
 | Timothy Stone Pinneo - 1847 - 502 pages
...lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlor wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more. He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longings for... | |
 | Cotesworth Pinckney - 1848 - 142 pages
...lighted, And like phantoms grim and tall, 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, Come to visit me once more ; He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble... | |
 | Cotesworth Pinckney - 1848 - 148 pages
...wall ; Then the forms of 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 Koble longings for the strife, By the way-side fell and perished, Weary with the march of life ! With... | |
 | 1849 - 820 pages
...trying to describe, that I cannot do better than quote a few stanzas of it — " Then the forms of ihe departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true hearted, Come to visit me once more ; " And, with them, the Being Beauteous, Who unto my youth was given, More than all things else to... | |
 | Thomas Vincent Fosbery - 1850 - 416 pages
...slumbered, To a holy, calm delight ; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon...departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more : He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longings for... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...slumbered, To a holy, calm delight ; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon...departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more : He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longings for... | |
 | 1850 - 560 pages
...slumbered, To a holy, calm delight: Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon...departed Enter at the open door; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more; He, the yonng and strong, who cherished Noble longings for... | |
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