The Home Life of Henry W. Longfellow: Reminiscences of Many Visits at Cambridge and Nahant, During the Years 1880, 1881, and 1882Carleton, 1882 - 248 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 52
... tender thoughtfulness . He took the book , and after a moment inscribed the words , " To my little namesake . In remembrance of Henry W. Longfellow . " He then drew the lad towards him , affectionately patted his head , and kissed his ...
... tender thoughtfulness . He took the book , and after a moment inscribed the words , " To my little namesake . In remembrance of Henry W. Longfellow . " He then drew the lad towards him , affectionately patted his head , and kissed his ...
الصفحة 82
... tender fancies , the soft expressions and ready imagination of the bard color all his thoughts , and their outward expression is no less happy . The most commonplace subjects receive a new interest , when either argued or discussed by ...
... tender fancies , the soft expressions and ready imagination of the bard color all his thoughts , and their outward expression is no less happy . The most commonplace subjects receive a new interest , when either argued or discussed by ...
الصفحة 93
... tenders his tribute with unstint of gracious- ness , and in so honest a way that it does one's heart good to see and hear him . How I have wandered from our morning's real business ! Apropos of the poem aforesaid , some one suggested to ...
... tenders his tribute with unstint of gracious- ness , and in so honest a way that it does one's heart good to see and hear him . How I have wandered from our morning's real business ! Apropos of the poem aforesaid , some one suggested to ...
الصفحة 103
... tender age , and before he was eighteen he had already published something of account . " Rolla " is one of his most touching poems , others also breathe , in certain lines , a spirit of unbelief and atheism appal- ling to read , and ...
... tender age , and before he was eighteen he had already published something of account . " Rolla " is one of his most touching poems , others also breathe , in certain lines , a spirit of unbelief and atheism appal- ling to read , and ...
الصفحة 106
... tender pity for a misled life , and due appreciation of the marvelous influence that one with " a divine talent " might have exercised , had he chosen to employ his gifts for the benefit of inan- kind . Longfellow may be a Puritan in ...
... tender pity for a misled life , and due appreciation of the marvelous influence that one with " a divine talent " might have exercised , had he chosen to employ his gifts for the benefit of inan- kind . Longfellow may be a Puritan in ...
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الصفحة 169 - 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 resist: A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain.
الصفحة 223 - TAKE them, O Death ! and bear away Whatever thou canst call thine own ! Thine image, stamped upon this clay, Doth give thee that, but that alone ! Take them, O Grave ! and let them lie Folded upon thy narrow shelves, As garments by the soul laid by, And precious only to ourselves ! Take them, O great Eternity ! Our little life is but a gust, That bends the branches of thy tree, And trails its blossoms in the dust ' HYMN FOR MY BROTHER'S ORDINATION.
الصفحة 62 - He needs must think of her once more, How in the grave she lies; And with his hard, rough hand he wipes A tear out of his eyes.
الصفحة 199 - I remember the gleams and glooms that dart Across the school-boy's brain ; The song and the silence in the heart, That in part are prophecies, and in part Are longings wild and vain. And the voice of that fitful song Sings on, and is never still : "A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.
الصفحة 124 - So high in thoughts as I. You left a kiss Upon these lips then, which I mean to keep From you for ever; I did hear you talk, Far above singing. After you were gone, I grew acquainted with my heart, and searched What stirred it so: alas, I found it love!
الصفحة 199 - THERE is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted...
الصفحة 35 - Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside, Black, yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses!
الصفحة 33 - Half-way up the stairs it stands, And points and beckons with its hands From its case of massive oak, Like a monk, who, under his cloak, Crosses himself, and sighs, alas! With sorrowful voice to all who pass, — "Forever — never! Never — forever!
الصفحة 137 - Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. "They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear.
الصفحة 226 - Were a star quenched on high, For ages would its light, Still travelling downward from the sky, Shine on our mortal sight. So when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken, The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men.