 | 1858 - 890 pages
...exquisite poem, where he says at commencement, — " The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wing of night ; As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in its flight." Had his image stopped with the second line, suggestive and acceptable, all would have... | |
 | American literature - 1859 - 528 pages
...which I shall present for your consideration han by tha citation of the Proem to Mr. Longfellow's "Waif THE day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...feeling of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot rfist ; A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the... | |
 | Augusta Jane Evans - 1859 - 518 pages
...standing on the hearth, with her hands behind her, slowly repeated the beautiful lines, beginning : " The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...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... | |
 | American literature - 1859 - 616 pages
...correct would be inartistic. Here are three of the quatrains — I see the lights of the village Oleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes over md That my soul cannot resist — A feeling of sadness and longing That i • not akin to pain,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1860 - 468 pages
...Till at length in books recorded, They, like hoarded Household words, no more depart. THE DAY IS DONE. THE day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles... | |
 | Augusta Jane Evans - Fiction - 1860 - 528 pages
...standing on the hearth, with her hands behind her, slowly repeated the beautiful lines, beginning : " The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle iu his flight." Her voice was low and musical, and as she concluded the short poem which seemed so... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Gilbert - American poetry - 1860 - 448 pages
...the shifting Currents of the restless heart ; Till at length in hooks reeorded, THE DAY IS DONE. THK day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downwaid From an eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the... | |
 | Science - 1864 - 538 pages
...light," and nothing more. All "Intellectual Observers" know Longfellow's exquisite poem beginning — " The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of light, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in its flight :" and as they repeat the last two... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 438 pages
...Till at length in books recorded, They, like hoarded Household words, no more depart. THE DAY IS DONE. THE day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 464 pages
...length in books recorded, They, like hoarded Household words, no more depart. THE DAY IS DONE. TICE day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gl«am through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot resist... | |
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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 his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot... 
