Ere the evening lamps are 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... Selections from the American Poets - Seite 134von William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 316 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1857 - 780 Seiten
...numbered, And the voices of the night Vt" . )v 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 me once more. And with them the being beauteous, Who unto my youth... | |
| 1849 - 782 Seiten
...of that which I am trying to describe, that I cannot do better than quote a few stanzas of it — " Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true hearted, Come to visit me once more ; " And, with them, the Being Beauteous, WTio unto my... | |
| 1839 - 226 Seiten
...numbered. And the Voices of the Night Wake the better soul that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight: 11. Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms...Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlor wall. in. Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved ones, the true-hearted,... | |
| Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1839 - 614 Seiten
...numbered, And the Voices of the Nieht Wake the belter soul that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight: Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms...and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upen the parlor wall: Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved ones, the... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1840 - 688 Seiten
...nunober'd, And the voices of the night Wake the better soul, that slumberM, To a holy calm delight. Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms...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... | |
| Edward Payson Weston - 1840 - 226 Seiten
...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...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,... | |
| Edward Payson Weston - 1840 - 228 Seiten
...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, He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longings for the strife, By the road-side fell and perished,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 174 Seiten
...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...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... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1843 - 558 Seiten
...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 lighted, And, like phantoms...Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlour-wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved ones, the true-hearted,... | |
| 1843 - 582 Seiten
...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...Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlor wall ; Then the forma of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved ones, the true-hearted,... | |
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