 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 wall ; Then the forms of the departed...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 3621839Full view - About this book
 | American literature - 1854 - 794 pages
...firelight Dance upon the parlor wall — Theu the forms of the departed Enter the open door; The beloved, the true-hearted. Come to visit me once more. He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longing for the strife, By the roadside fell and perished. Weary with the march of life. They, the... | |
 | John Netten Radcliffe - Folklore - 1854 - 294 pages
...lighted, And like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon the parlour wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit us once more." &c. See also Washington Irving's Bracebridge Hall. St.... | |
 | John Cumming - Bible - 1854 - 308 pages
...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, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more ; " He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longings... | |
 | John Cumming - Bible - 1854 - 316 pages
...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, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more ; *'He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longings... | |
 | Elizabeth Caroline Grey - 1854 - 502 pages
...an open book, a volume of Longfellow's poems, just published, which lay on a table by her side — " then " ' The forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; • The beloved — the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more. With a slow and noiseless footstep, Come those messengers... | |
 | Edward Rupert Humphreys - 1854 - 486 pages
...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 : He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longings... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1855 - 690 pages
...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 one«, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more ; He, the young and strong, who cherUh'd Noble... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 568 pages
...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 ; He, tho young and strong, who cherished Noble longings... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 264 pages
...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 ; He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longings... | |
 | Songs - 1856 - 712 pages
...slumber'd To a holy, calm delight; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door;...visit me once more; He, the young and strong, who cherish'd Noble longings for the strife,— By the road-side fell and perish'd, Weary with the march... | |
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