 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...  The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems - Page 80by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 159 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Mayhew, Mark Lemon, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - English wit and humor - 1895 - 324 pages
...done, and the darkness Falls from the brow of night, Like a crape-mask drifting downward From a burglar in his flight. I see the lights of " the village " Gleam through the evening mist, And a feeling of dryness comes o'er me, And a tiddley I can't resist. A feeling of blueness,... | |
 | 1845 - 888 pages
...them are entirely new to us. From the ' Proem, ' by the editor, we take these admirable stanzas: I *FK the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeing of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot resist: A feeling of sadness and longing, That... | |
 | Sarah Margaret Ossoli (march.) - 1846 - 198 pages
...years, will remain of thy race but the foot-prints 7 Here is another very graceful and natural simile : A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only v As the mist resembles rain. Another — I will forget her ! All dear recollections, Pressed in my... | |
 | 1848 - 936 pages
...twilight pale Moves like a spectre in the dusky sky." " The day is done, and the darkness FallsTrom the wings of Night As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight." There is nothing very striking in the first, though it will bear study) tad close scrutiny only reveals... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - Periodicals - 1850 - 438 pages
...than by the citation of the Proem to Mr. Longfellow's "Waif:" The day is done, and the darkness falls from the wings of Night, As a feather Is wafted downward...the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles... | |
 | 430 pages
...to the East again, where the dawn is :" — THE DAY IS DONE. 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 sec the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist. And a feeling of sadness comes o'er... | |
 | Caroline Matilda Kirkland, John Seely Hart - Periodicals - 1850 - 462 pages
...citation of the Proem to Mr. Longfellow's "Waif:" The day is done, and the darkneea Falls from the wlnge of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an Eagle in hie flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...like hoarded Household words, no more depart. THE DAY IS DONE. THE day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward...That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling,... | |
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