And tonight I long for rest. Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer, Or tears from the eyelids start; Who through long days of labor, And nights devoid of ease, Still heard in his soul the... The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Seite 87von Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 492 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1870 - 726 Seiten
...through long days of labour, And nights devoid of ease, Still heard on his soul the music Of wonderlul melodies. Such songs have power to quiet The restless...filled with music, And the cares that infest the day Khali fold their tents like the Arris, And u lilently attdl away. THE SNOW FORT. l> V J. lUltHKH. (A... | |
| 1850 - 464 Seiten
...pulse of care, And come like the benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasur'd volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme...their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. — Longfellow. LITERATURE. THE HOUR CIRCLE. (Egan, St. Martin' tlane.) — Some months ago,... | |
| 1845 - 888 Seiten
...Btart: And night s devoid of ease, Still heard in his soul the music Who through long days of labor, Of wonderful melodies. Such songs have power to quiet...their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. How sweet, how inexpressibly beautiful, are the following tender lines from the tender heart... | |
| 1891 - 672 Seiten
...he knew. Emenon, ' The Problem.' " Old father antic, the law." Shakspeare, 1 King Henry IV.,' I. ii. And the night shall be filled with music, And the...their tents like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. Longfellow, ' The Day is Done.' Blessed are the horny hands of toil. Lowell, ' A Glance Bebind... | |
| 430 Seiten
...volume The poem of thy choice. And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice. And the uight shall be filled with music. And the cares that infest...their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. THE LEISURE HOURS, — HOW ARE THEY SPENT i. "How do the people spend their leisure hours ?"... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 Seiten
...For, like strains of martial music, Their mighty thoughts suggest Lite's endless toil and endeavour ; And to-night I long for rest. Read from some humbler...their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. SEAWEED. WHEN descends on the Atlantic The gigantic Storm-wind of the equinox, Landward in his... | |
| Edgar Allan Poe, Rufus Wilmot Griswold, Nathaniel Parker Willis, James Russell Lowell - 1850 - 642 Seiten
...sadness and longing That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the miits resemble the rain And the night shall be filled with music, And the...their tents like the Arabs, And as silently steal aaay. Now these lines are not to be scanned. They are referable to no true principles of rhythm. The... | |
| Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 Seiten
...labor, And nights devoid of ease, Still heard in his soul the music Of wonderful melodies. Such songs as have power to quiet The restless pulse of care, And...night shall be filled with music, And the cares that invest the day Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES.... | |
| 1852 - 528 Seiten
...which in happiness of expression and'sweetness will bear comparison with any in the volume : — • " And the night shall be filled with music ; And the...their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away." " The Slave's Dream " will also prove a favourite with most readers : it is written with more... | |
| George William Curtis - 1852 - 330 Seiten
...the women lay in voluptuous repose, crusted with jewels and completing the Paradise. > IV. Inoria. " The night shall be filled with music, And the cares...their tents like the Arabs, And as silently steal away." SUCH beautiful women we saw. Not, of course, the Muslim wives, but Hebrews, whose beauty is... | |
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