 | 1879 - 506 pages
...simple and beautiful lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish the thoughts of day. Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards...footsteps echo Through the corridors of Time. For the strains of martial music, Their mighty thoughts suggest Life's endless toil and endeavour, And... | |
 | Thomas J. Livesey - 1879 - 152 pages
...of art ? " or " I hear the skylark's strains f " or, " Listen to the strains of the band ! " or, " Like strains of martial music, their mighty thoughts...toil and endeavour, and to-night I long for rest." So again with " profuse " — " What is meant by profuse strains ? " or " He was profuse in his thanks... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1880 - 328 pages
...simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish the thoughts of Day. Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards...some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart, Who, through long days of labour, And nights devoid of ease, Still heard in his soul the music Of wonderful... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1880 - 704 pages
...simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish the thoughts of dav. Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards...from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his hrairt, As showers from the clouds of summer, I Or tears from the eyelids start ; Who, through long... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1880 - 584 pages
...simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish the thoughts of day. Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards...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,... | |
 | Education - 1908 - 710 pages
...simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish the thoughts of day. " Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards...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... | |
 | John McGovern - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1880 - 762 pages
...darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. 2. Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards...distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of Time. 3. Such songs have power to quiet The restless pulse of care, And come like the benediction That follows... | |
 | Brainerd Kellogg - English language - 1880 - 286 pages
...of Longfellow's, and conclude these remarks by quoting " [Read] from the grand old masters, [Read] from the bards sublime, Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of time; Read from some humbler poet Whose songs gushed from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Bookbinding - 1881 - 754 pages
...simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish the thoughts of day. Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards...Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from bis heart, As showers from the clouds of summer Or tears from the eyelids start ; Who, through long... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1881 - 114 pages
...simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish the thoughts of day. Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards...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,... | |
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Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish the thoughts of day. Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards sublime, Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of time. 
