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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 parlour... "
The North American Review - Page 267
edited by - 1840
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Tait's Edinburgh magazine, Volume 24

1857 - 780 pages
...numbered, And the voices of the night Vt" . )v the better soul that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight. Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more. And with them the being beauteous, Who unto my youth...
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The Southern literary messenger, Volume 15

1849 - 782 pages
...of that which I am trying to describe, that I cannot do better than quote a few stanzas of it — " Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true hearted, Come to visit me once more ; " And, with them, the Being Beauteous, WTio unto my...
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The Richmond County Mirror, Volume 3

New York (N.Y.) - 1839 - 226 pages
...And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlor wall. in. Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door;...ones, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more. IV. He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longings for the strife, By the road-side fell and...
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The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume 13

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1839 - 614 pages
...lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upen the parlor wall: Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved ones, the true-heerted, Come to visit me once more. He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longings for...
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Selections from the American Poets, Issue 111

William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1840 - 328 pages
...number'd, And the voices of the Night Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon...visit me once more ; He, the young and strong, who cherish'd Noble longings for the strife, By the roadside fell and perish'd, Weary with the march of...
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Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 8

Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1840 - 686 pages
...that slumberM, 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...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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Bentley's Miscellany, Volume 8

Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1840 - 688 pages
...that slumberM, 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...Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door I The beloved ones, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more. He, the young and strong, who cherish...
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The Bowdoin Poets

Edward Payson Weston - American poetry - 1840 - 228 pages
...lighted, 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 ones, the true-hearted, He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longings for the strife, By the road-side fell and perished,...
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The Poets and Poetry of America: With an Historical Introduction

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...And, like phantoms grim and toll, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlour-wall ; 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 mareh...
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Readings in American Poetry

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 278 pages
...slumber'd, To a holy, calm delight ; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight Dance upon...visit me once more ; He, the young and strong, who cherish'd Noble longings for the strife, By the roadside fell and perish'd, Weary with the march of...
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