 | J C. Graham - 1861 - 134 páginas
...theatrical a sound to the final consonant. EXERCISE 5. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. When the hours of day are numbered, And the voices of the night Wake the better soul that slumbered To a holy calm Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight,... | |
 | Rev. Robert Forbes - 1861 - 410 páginas
...numhered, And the voices of the night, Wake the better soul that slumhered To a holy, calm delight. " Then the forms of the departed, Enter at the open door,— The beloved, the true hearted, Come to visit us once more ! " It appears to us, that the source of the widespread notion... | |
 | 1864 - 576 páginas
...fade out of my memory, and new forms are coming about me. It is often so with me in the twilight, " Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And like phantoms...beloved, the true-hearted Come to visit me once more." What faces are before me now t One above all others. The scene is my old home, "down in the country."... | |
 | Lays - 1862 - 406 páginas
...WHEN the hours of day are number' d, And the voices of the night Wake the better soul that slumber'd 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 longings... | |
 | Stephen Frederick Williams - 1862 - 328 páginas
...and comforting. We find the same old thoughts in the Footsteps of Angels. " When the hours of day are numbered, And the voices of the night Wake the better...Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlour-wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted,... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - 1903 - 328 páginas
...And took the flowers away. jfootsteps of angels HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW When the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the Night Wake the better...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,... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1903 - 600 páginas
...achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. WHEN the hours of day are numbered, And the voices of the night Wake the better...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,... | |
 | James Martin Peebles - 1903 - 394 páginas
..."When the hours of day are numbered, And the voices of the night Wake the better soal that slumber'd, To a holy, calm delight ; Ere the evening lamps are...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... | |
 | 1904 - 610 páginas
...brooded, But that which triumphed in Gethsemane. ANONYMOUS. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. WHEN the hours of day are numbered, And the voices of the night Wake the better...tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlor wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door, — The beloved ones, the true-hearted,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1904 - 412 páginas
...of Mrs. Longfellow, who is referred to in the sixth and following stanzas. WHEN the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the Night Wake the better...lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit... | |
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WHEN the hours of Day are numbered, 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... 
