 | 1857 - 780 pagina’s
...from the eyelids start. Who, through long days of Iul<our, And nights devoid of ease, Still heard iu his soul the music Of wonderful melodies. Such songs...come like the benediction That follows after prayer. But never, since the day she rejected his offer, had he spoken of love to her again. If, thought le,... | |
 | 1850 - 464 pagina’s
...Their mighty thoughts suggest Life's endless toil and endeavour ; And to-night I long for rest. Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his...benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasur'd volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice.... | |
 | 1870 - 726 pagina’s
...toil and endeavours — And to-night I long for rest. Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gush from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer,...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 pulse of care.... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1845 - 530 pagina’s
...Not from the bards sublime, Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of time " j — but, " from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his...from the eyelids start ; " Who, through long days of labor, And nights devoid of ease, Still heard in his soul the music Of wonderful melodies. " Such songs... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1845 - 540 pagina’s
...from the eyelids start ; " Who, through long days of labor, And nights devoid of ease, Still beard in his soul the music Of wonderful melodies. " Such...come like the benediction That follows after prayer." 2. — Conversations on some of the Old Poets. By JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. Cambridge : John Owen. 1845.... | |
 | 1907 - 516 pagina’s
...Their mighty thoughts suggest Life's endless toil and endeavour, And to-night I long for rest. Read from some humbler poet Whose songs gushed from his...clouds of summer Or tears from the eyelids start. — Such songs have power to quiet The restless pulse of care, And come like the benediction That follow?... | |
 | 1845 - 888 pagina’s
...Their mighty thoughts suggest Life's endless toil and endeavour; And to-night I long for rest. Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his...from the clouds of summer, Or tears from the eyelids Btart: And night s devoid of ease, Still heard in his soul the music Who through long days of labor,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1846 - 178 pagina’s
...Their mighty thoughts suggest Life's endless toil and endeavour ; And to-night I long for rest. Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his...from the eyelids start ; Who, through long days of labor, And nights devoid of ease, Still heard in his soul the music Of wonderful melodies. Such songs... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 170 pagina’s
...songs gush'd from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer, Or tears from the eyelids »tart; Who, through long days of labour, And -nights devoid...follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volun-c The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice. And the... | |
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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 music Of wonderful melodies.... 
