 For, like strains of martial music, Their mighty thoughts suggest Life's endless toil and endeavor; And to-night 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...  MacMillan's Magazine - Page 35edited by - 1886Full view - About this book
 | Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Parker Willis - American literature - 1853 - 522 pages
...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...come like the benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume . The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1853 - 740 pages
...from some humbler poet, Whose songs gush'd from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer, Or tears from the eyelids start ; Who, through long days...devoid of ease, Still heard in his soul the music Such songs have power to quiet The restless pulse of care, And come like the benediction That follows... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...Palestine. Beatus, blessed ; as, beatific, beautiful. Benfe, well ; as, benediction, benign, benison. " Such songs have power to quiet The restless pulse...come like the benediction That follows after prayer. " Longfellow. Beyond (Saxon), from be and gone. Biblos fGr.), a book; as, bibliopole, bible. The name... | |
 | Universalism - 1853 - 448 pages
...choristers began to sing a sweet hymn. We may truly say that he was a man, " Who through long days of labor, And nights devoid of ease, Still heard in his soul the music Of wonderful melodies." In Luther, the earthly elements were strong, but they Were subjected to the lawful dominion of reason... | |
 | Edwin Davies (D.D.) - 1854 - 154 pages
...For ever one — in heaven." CHAPTER, IV. SCRIPTURAL CONFIRMATIONS. "Such words have power to quell The restless pulse of care, And come like the benediction That follows after prayer. Thus the night shall be filled with music, And the cares that conceal the day, Shall fold their tents... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 568 pages
...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...come like the benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty... | |
 | Richard Wright Procter - Poetry - 1855 - 490 pages
...from some humbler poet, Whose songs gush'd from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer, Or tears from the eyelids start ; Who through long days...come like the benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet And the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 472 pages
...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...restless pulse of care, And come like the benediction Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 264 pages
...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...in his soul the music Of wonderful melodies. Such gongs have power to quiet The restless pulse of care, And come like the benediction That follows after... | |
 | Caroline Hyde Butler Laing - American fiction - 1855 - 480 pages
...gushed from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer Or tears from the eye-lids start," for " Such songs have power to quiet The restless pulse...come like the benediction That follows after prayer." How much Beatrice wished she could remain under that peaceful roof forever — yet as her health returned,... | |
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