 | 1863 - 626 pągines
...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 pure hearted, Come to visit me once more." An elderly gentleman sits in an apartment lighted only... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1863 - 552 pągines
...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 us once more."t The state of the atmosphere is well known to have a... | |
 | Levi K. Coonley - 1864 - 236 pągines
...And like phantoms, grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlor wall ; 3 Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door...ones, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more. 4 With a slow and noiseless footstep Come the messengers divine, Take the vacant chair beside me, Lay... | |
 | 1864 - 428 pągines
...Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlour wall; Then the forms of the departed Eater at the open door — The beloved ones, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more ; He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longings for the strife, By the road-side fell and... | |
 | Frances Elizabeth Willard, Minerva Brace Norton - 1894 - 368 pągines
...seemed their presence in that memorable scene, and we could indeed believe with Longfellow : " . . the forms of the departed Enter at the open door. The beloved ones, the true-hearted Come to visit us once more." Near these portraits were grouped photographs and water-color sketches of the old homes... | |
 | 1896 - 532 pągines
...lamps are 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... | |
 | William Garrett Horder - 1896 - 408 pągines
...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 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... | |
 | William Swinton, George Rhett Cathcart - 1880 - 238 pągines
...lamps are 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... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 pągines
...lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, 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, Come to visit me once more ; He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longings... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1896 - 794 pągines
...And, like phantoms grim and tall, 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, Come to visit me once more. LONGFELLOW : Footsteps of Angels. Can Music's voice,... | |
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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 firelight Dance upon the parlor... 
