 I HEARD the trailing garments of the Night Sweep through her marble halls ! I saw her sable skirts all fringed with light From the celestial walls ! I felt her presence, by its spell of might, Stoop o'er me from above : The calm, majestic presence of...  The Southern Quarterly Review - Page 499edited by - 1842Full view - About this book
 | 1849 - 608 pages
...fringed with light From her celestial walls ; We felt her presence, by its spell of might, Stoop o'er us from above, The calm, majestic presence of the night, As of the one we love." The poetic genius of the place whispered — " How beautiful is night ! A dewy freshness... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - Periodicals - 1849 - 840 pages
...fringed with light From lier celestial walls ; We felt her presence, by its spell of might, Stoop o'er us from above, The calm, majestic presence of the night, As of the one we love." The poetic genius of tho place whispered — " Uow bountiful is night Î A dewy freshness... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - American periodicals - 1849 - 608 pages
...fringed with light From her celestial walls ; We felt her presence, by its spell of might, Stoop o'er us from above, The calm, majestic presence of the night, As of the one we love." The poetic genius of the place whispered — " How beautiful is night ! A dewy freshness... | |
 | Thomas Powell - American literature - 1850 - 384 pages
...with light From the celestial walls." He redeems this artificial imagery by the following verse : " I felt her presence, by its spell of might, Stoop...majestic presence of the night, As of the one I love ! * * * " O, holy night ! from thee I learn to bear What man has done before ; Thou layest thy finger... | |
 | Thomas Powell - American literature - 1850 - 380 pages
...with light From the celestial walls." He redeems this artificial imagery by the following verse : " I felt her presence, by its spell of might, Stoop...majestic presence of the night, As of the one I love ! * * * " O, holy night ! from thee I learn to bear What man has done before ; Thou layest thy finger... | |
 | Queen's University of Belfast - Education, Higher - 1852 - 306 pages
...Alcaics : I heard the trailing garments of the night Sweep through her marble halls ! I saw her sable skirts all fringed with light From the celestial walls...above ; The calm, majestic presence of the night, I heard the sounds of sorrow and delight, The manifold soft chimes, That fill the haunted chambers... | |
 | Sherard Osborn - Arctic regions - 1852 - 228 pages
...the pale pink of morning. The awful silence was impressive : unwilling to break it I sat me down. " I felt her presence by its spell of might, Stoop o'er...majestic presence of the night, As of the one I love." Suddenly a distant roar boomed along the water and echoed amongst the rocks : again and again I heard... | |
 | LIEUT SHERARD OSBORN - 1852 - 330 pages
...the pale pink of morning. The awful silence was impressive: unwilling to break it I sat me down. " I felt her presence by its spell of might. Stoop o'er...majestic presence of the night, As of the one I love." Suddenly a distant roar boomed along the water and echoed amongst the rocks : again and again I heard... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1852 - 256 pages
...'A<77ra<T/jj, rpi'AXiorof. I IIEAED the trailing garments of the Night Sweep through her marble halls ! I felt her presence, by its spell of might, Stoop o'er me from ahove ; The calm, majestic presence of the Night, As of the one I love. I heard the sounds of sorrow... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 496 pages
...NIGHT. I HEARD the trailing garments of the Night Sweep through her marble halls ! I saw her sable skirts all fringed with light From the celestial walls...above ; The calm, majestic presence of the Night, I heard the sounds of sorrow and delight, The manifold, soft chimes. That fill the haunted chambers... | |
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