 | John Seely Hart - 1874 - 412 páginas
...recent date is the following from Longfellow: The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wing of night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. RULE 3. Similes should not be drawn from objects with which ordinary readers are unacquainted. What... | |
 | Samuel Stillman Greene - 1874 - 336 páginas
...the steep pass like a leafless grove. The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of the Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. -) 820. From the preceding examples, it appears that Ian- ( guage is effective only when, as a means... | |
 | James Cargill Guthrie - 1875 - 550 páginas
...effectually to soothe and comfort him after the fatiguing toils and labours of the day : — " The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. " Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heart-felt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling.... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1875 - 890 páginas
...the scene, And summon from the shadowy Past The forms that once have been. A Gleam of Sunshine. The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. The Day is Done. A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only... | |
 | Mrs. Randolph - 1875 - 340 páginas
...Hall two days after, and Christian and her father settled down to their quiet life. CHAPTER II. " The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight." LONGFELLOW. T)UT the quietness was hardly that of former -^ days. Friends and neighbours, having once... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 páginas
...waste the day, Noting at length the setting sun, They mend their pace as night comes on. GRANVILLE. The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. LONGFELLOW. And the night shall be fill'd with musie, And the cares that infest the day Shall fold... | |
 | James Cargill Guthrie - 1875 - 558 páginas
...effectually to soothe and comfort him after the fatiguing toils and labours of the day : — " The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings...feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. " Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heart-felt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling,... | |
 | William Browning Morgan - 1875 - 104 páginas
...treaties and oaths. 11. Write out the substance of the following passage in simple prose order : — The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, 1 see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, ' And a feeling of sadness comes... | |
 | Augusta Jane Evans - 1879 - 532 páginas
...hands behind her, slowly repeated the beautiful lines, beginning : "The day is done, and the darknes* Falls from the wings of night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight." Her voice was low and musical, and as she concluded the short poem which seemed so singularly suited... | |
 | Analysis - 1876 - 72 páginas
...Old Time is still a-flying; And that same flower that blooms to-day To-morrow shall be dying. 23. The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of night. As a feather is wafted downwards I'rom an eagle in its flight. 27. I sat and watched her many a day. When her eyes grew dim'and... | |
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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... 
