Stoop o er me from above ; The calm, majestic presence of the Night, As of the one I love. I heard the sounds of sorrow and delight, The manifold, soft chimes, That fill the haunted chambers of the Night, Like some old poet's rhymes. Voices of the Night - Page 3de Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1843 - 183 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1907 - 618 pages
...quality infused, doubtless, during the young poet's three years' residence abroad. Note these strains: I heard the trailing garments of the night Sweep through...skirts all fringed with light From the celestial walls! And, again, in "Footsteps of Angels," this touching reference to the young wife who so untimely left... | |
 | Charles Noble - 1898 - 460 pages
...one of the earliest poems, and notice some of the qualities which gave him his peculiar popularity. HYMN TO THE NIGHT I heard the trailing garments of...skirts all fringed with light From the celestial walls ! 5 I felt her presence, by its spell of might, Stoop o'er me from above ; The calm, majestic presence... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1900 - 966 pages
...the drink of immortals became, When Jove himself added a handful of hail. îOûbjatoortt) HongfcHoto HYMN TO THE NIGHT I HEARD the trailing garments of...all fringed with light From the celestial walls I I felt her presence, by its spell of might, Stoop o'er me from aj>ove; The calm, majestic presence... | |
 | Edmund Clarence Stedman - 1900 - 968 pages
...all to bewail, But Juleps the drink of immortals became, When Jove himself added a handful of hail. HYMN TO THE NIGHT I HEARD the trailing garments of...skirts all fringed with light From the celestial walls 1 jHongfdloto I felt her presence, by its spell of might, Stoop o'er me from above; The calm, majestic... | |
 | Helen Archibald Clarke - 1909 - 344 pages
...nights was upon him when he wrote sitting at his window "on one of the balmiest nights of the year" — "I heard the trailing garments of the night Sweep...all fringed with light From the celestial walls!" The far away light of stars vibrates in "There is no light in earth or heaven, But the cold light of... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1910 - 294 pages
...solemn Voices of the Night, That can soothe thee, or affright, — • Be these henceforth thy theme." HYMN TO THE NIGHT I HEARD the trailing garments of...walls ! I felt her presence, by its spell of might, 5 Stoop o'er me from above ; The calm, majestic presence of the Night, As of the one I love. I heard... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1910 - 686 pages
...That can soothe thee, or affright, — Be these henceforth thy theme." HYMN TO THE NIGHT *A(rro<ríi(, I HEARD the trailing garments of the Night Sweep through...all fringed with light From the celestial walls I I felt her presence, by its spell of might, Stoop o'er me from above ; The calm, majestic presence... | |
 | Hudson Maxim - 1910 - 352 pages
...through the empty-vaulted night, At every fall smoothing the raven down Of darkness till it smiled. 21. I heard the trailing garments of the Night Sweep through...skirts all fringed with light From the celestial walls! 22. 'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue. 23. But oh!... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1912 - 696 pages
...fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, 35 Learn to labor and to wait. HYMN TO THE NIGHT j, Tp[\\urrot I heard the trailing garments of the Night Sweep through...walls. I felt her presence, by its spell of might, s Stoop o'er me from above — The calm, majestic presence of the Night, As of the one I love. I heard... | |
 | HENRY FROWDE - 1912 - 1072 pages
...soothe thee, or affright,— Me these henceforth thy theme.' wild : HYMN TO THE NIGHT. 'AtfTTCUTITJ, I HEARD the trailing garments of the Night Sweep through...celestial walls ! I felt her presence, by its spell of Stoop o'er me from above ; The calm, majestic presence of the Night, As of the one I love. I heard... | |
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