The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth LongfellowRoutledge, Warnes and Routledge, 1859 - 669 pages |
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... , 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 parlour wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS .
... , 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 parlour wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS .
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... dance of old , The flowing robes , inwrought with gold , The dancers wore ? And he who next the sceptre swayed , Henry , whose royal court displayed Such power and pride ; O , in what winning smiles arrayed , The world its various ...
... dance of old , The flowing robes , inwrought with gold , The dancers wore ? And he who next the sceptre swayed , Henry , whose royal court displayed Such power and pride ; O , in what winning smiles arrayed , The world its various ...
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... dances , Torch - light through the high halls glances ; Waves a mighty shadow in ; With manner bland Doth ask the maiden's hand , Doth with her the dance begin ; Danced in sable iron sark , Danced a measure weird and dark , Coldly ...
... dances , Torch - light through the high halls glances ; Waves a mighty shadow in ; With manner bland Doth ask the maiden's hand , Doth with her the dance begin ; Danced in sable iron sark , Danced a measure weird and dark , Coldly ...
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... dance begins . It is led off by the bride and the priest , who perform a solemn minuet together . Not till after mid- night comes the Last Dance . The girls form a ring around the bride , to keep er from the hands of the married women ...
... dance begins . It is led off by the bride and the priest , who perform a solemn minuet together . Not till after mid- night comes the Last Dance . The girls form a ring around the bride , to keep er from the hands of the married women ...
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... dancing to the music of his chains ; and perhaps , as Dr. Johnson said of the dancing dog , " the wonder is not that she should do it so well , but that she should do it at all . " Esaias Tegnér , the author of this poem , was born in ...
... dancing to the music of his chains ; and perhaps , as Dr. Johnson said of the dancing dog , " the wonder is not that she should do it so well , but that she should do it at all . " Esaias Tegnér , the author of this poem , was born in ...
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