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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 fire-light Dance upon the parlor... "
The Humbler Poets: A Collection of Newspapers and Periodical Verse, 1870 to 1885 - Page 198
1885 - 459 pages
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Hesperia: An American National Poem. I-XII, Volume 1

Harry Lyman Koopman - 1919 - 648 pages
...shalt know erelong, \ Know how sublime a thing it is I To suffer and be strong. / FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS. WHEN the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices...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...
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Century Readings for a Course in American Literature

1919 - 966 pages
...thrice-prayed for, the most fair, The best-beloved Night! (1839) Voices of the Night, 1839. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS When the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices...holy, calm delight; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, 5 And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlor wall ;...
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Journeys Through Bookland: A New and Original Plan for Reading ..., Volume 4

Charles H. Sylvester - 1922 - 538 pages
...the Tales of a Wayside Inn. HER GENTLE HAND IN MINE FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS By HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW WHEN the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices...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, He, the...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Longfellow

Longfellow - 1922 - 722 pages
...month after thedeath of Mrs Longfellow, who is referred to In the sixth and follon¿ ing stanzas. WURE the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the...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...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1922 - 910 pages
...ANGELS WHEN the hours of Day are nun* bered, And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul, that slum Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms...Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlor wall; Then the forms of the departed Knter at the open door; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to...
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Sidelights on American Literature

Fred Lewis Pattee - 1922 - 360 pages
...brings us nearer to the poet: When the hours of day are numbered, And the soul-like voice of night Wakes the better soul that slumbered To a holy calm delight; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And like specters grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlor wall, Then the forms...
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Sidelights on American Literature

Fred Lewis Pattee - 1922 - 364 pages
...us nearer to the poet : When the hours of day are numbered, And the soul-like voice of night Wakes the better soul that slumbered To a holy calm delight; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And like specters grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlor wall, The Shadow of...
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The Library of Poetry and Song, Volume 1

William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 408 pages
...the night Wake the better snul tint slumbered To a holy, calm delight, — Ere the evening lamps arc 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, — Tile beloved ones, the true-hearted,...
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American Literature

Robert Shafer - 1926 - 1410 pages
...flight, The welcome, the thrice-prayed for, the mo.it fair, The best-beloved Night! FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS3 wall; ! One of the poems showing the influence of German romanticism on Longfellow. The motto (from...
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Century Readings for a Course in American Literature, Volume 1

Fred Lewis Pattee - 1926 - 1160 pages
...thrice-prayed for, the most fair, The best-beloved Night! (1839) Voices of the Night, 1839. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS nes on, And He can do no wrong. 60 [ wall; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to...
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