 | G M. Sterne - 1860 - 316 pages
...And, like phantoms, grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight, Dance upon the parlour wall. " Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true hearted, Come to visit us once more." The day is passed pleasantly ; two hours in the morning... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 pages
...And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light, Dance upon the parlour wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door...beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more; He, the young and strong, who cheriah'd Noble longings for the strife, By the road-side fell and perish'd,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1861 - 912 pages
...And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlour wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door...beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more ; He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longings for the strife, By the road-side fell and... | |
 | Rev. Robert Forbes - 1861 - 410 pages
...When the hours of day are numhered, And the voices of the night, Wake the better soul that slumhered To a holy, calm delight. " Then the forms of the departed, Enter at the open door,— The beloved, the true hearted, Come to visit us once more ! " It appears to us, that the source of the widespread notion... | |
 | J C. Graham - 1861 - 134 pages
...And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful firelight, Dance upon the parlour wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true hearted, Come to visit me once more. He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longings for... | |
 | Henry Howe - United States - 1861 - 844 pages
...lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlor-wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved ones, the true -hearted, Come to visit me once more; He, the young and stroug, who cherish'd Noble... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1862 - 796 pages
...lighted. And, like phantoms grim and lull, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlor wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door...beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more ; He, the young and strong, who cherish'd Noble longings for the strife, By the road-side fell and... | |
 | Stephen Frederick Williams - Criticism - 1862 - 328 pages
...And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlour-wall ; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door...beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more ; He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longings for the strife, By the road-side fell and... | |
 | Thomas Pallister Barkas - Mediums - 1862 - 176 pages
...band That stays him from the native land, Where first he walked when claspt in clay f" — Tmnyttm. " Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door,...beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more." — Longfellow. SIR, — In bringing before your readers my personal testimony relative to the phenomena... | |
 | 1864 - 576 pages
...And like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows, from the fitful fire-light, Dance upon the parlour wall. Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door,...beloved, the true-hearted Come to visit me once more." What faces are before me now t One above all others. The scene is my old home, "down in the country."... | |
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WHEN the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul, that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight; Ere the evening lamps... 
