The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot... The cycle of life, poems - Seite 154von Cycle - 1871Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1850 - 464 Seiten
...Virtue in her heart ; Modesty in her countenance ; Gentleness on her lips ; And work in her hands. THE DAY IS DONE. The day is done, and the darkness...Night As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness... | |
| 1870 - 726 Seiten
...finally the south rain comes in earnest, and in a night he is dead. THE DAY IS DONE. BY HW LOJfGJBLtOW. The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness... | |
| 1845 - 888 Seiten
...them are entirely new to us. From the ' Proem, ' by the editor, we take these admirable stanzas: I *FK the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeing of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot resist: A feeling of sadness and longing, That... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1846 - 178 Seiten
...restless heart ; Till at length in books recorded, They, like hoarded Household words, no more depart. THE DAY IS DONE. THE day is done, and the darkness...Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 170 Seiten
...like hoarded Household words, DO more depart. THE DAY IS DONE. The day is done, and the darkness Fall from the wings of night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness... | |
| 1848 - 936 Seiten
...twilight pale Moves like a spectre in the dusky sky." " The day is done, and the darkness FallsTrom the wings of Night As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight." There is nothing very striking in the first, though it will bear study) tad close scrutiny... | |
| 430 Seiten
...lamp, which was kindled by their ray, to guide our steps to the East again, where the dawn is :" — THE DAY IS DONE. The day Is done, and the darkness...night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. I sec the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist. And a feeling of sadness... | |
| Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - 1850 - 438 Seiten
...shall present for your consideration, than by the citation of the Proem to Mr. Longfellow's "Waif:" The day is done, and the darkness falls from the wings...Night, As a feather Is wafted downward From an Eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through The rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness... | |
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