 | Augusta Jane Evans - 1879 - 532 Seiten
...hands behind her, slowly repeated the beautiful lines, beginning : "The day is done, and the darknes* Falls from the wings of night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight." Her voice was low and musical, and as she concluded the short poem which seemed so singularly suited... | |
 | 1876 - 508 Seiten
...like the stag they roved; — Sing to your sons those melodies, The songs your fathers loved. MRS. FELICIA HF.MANS. The Day is Done. THE day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wing of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the... | |
 | Edgar Allan Poe - 1876 - 522 Seiten
...by the citation of the Pr8e«i to Mr. Longfellow's "Waif" : THK day is done, and the darkness P'alls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward .From an Eagle in his night. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness... | |
 | 1877 - 362 Seiten
...Sweet DAY, so cool, so calm, so bright. The bridal of the earth and sky. — G. HERRERT, Virtue. — The DAY is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. — LONGFELLOW, Tfa Day is Done, Days. — My DAVS are in the yellow leaf ; The flowers ar:d frult-а... | |
 | Tom Hood - 1877 - 348 Seiten
...land." — Longfellow, Building of the Ship. Sometimes the two are united in one passage, as in — ' ' The darkness Falls from the wings of night, As a feather is wafted downward." — Longfellow, The Day is Done. The last line is a simile, but " the wings of night " is metaphorical.... | |
 | Blanche Willis Howard - 1877 - 296 Seiten
...smiled at his eagerness. " It is very pretty, Gem. What is it ? " " A eagle's." " An eagle's, really ? ' As a feather is wafted downward from an eagle in his flight,' " she repeated dreamily, standing in the open doorway and glancing far up above the elm-tops, as if... | |
 | John Ross Macduff - 1878 - 330 Seiten
...Brightened and stilled to its depths with the quiet of ' perfect love.'"* * Ministry of Song. VIII. "The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the...feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. "And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day Shall fold their tents... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 Seiten
...waste the day, Noting at length the setting sun, They mend their pace as night comes on. GRANVILLE. The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. LONGFELLOW. And the night shall be fill'd with music, And the cares that infest the day Shall fold... | |
 | A. M. Trotter - 1878 - 160 Seiten
...may, Old Time is still a-flying; And that same flower that blooms to-day To-morrow shall be dying. 26. The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of night, As a feather is wafted downwards From an eagle in its flight. 27. I sat and watched her many a day, When her eyes grew dim... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1879 - 562 Seiten
...restless heart ; Till at length in liooks 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 iu his llight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of... | |
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THE day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in its flight. 
