 | 1881 - 396 pages
...strengthened and intensified. Thus Longfellow, in his poem, speaking of his lost little ones, says : " The old house by the lindens, Stood silent in the...not under the lindens, They played not in the hall ; Rut shadow, and silence, and sadness, Were hanging over all. " The birds sang in the branches "With... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1906 - 562 pages
...palate gladdens in the flavour Of sparkling Helicon. CLASSIC. Where do the following lines occur 1— The old house by the lindens stood silent in the shade. And on the graveUed pathway the light and shadow played. AK BA.YLEY. St. Margaret's, Malvern. Where do the following... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1850 - 472 pages
...From their distant flight Through realms of light It falls into our world of night, THE OPEN WINDOW. THE old house by the lindens Stood silent in the shade,...faces of the children, They were no longer there. The large Newfoundland house-dog Was standing by the door ; He looked for his little playmates, Who... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1906 - 678 pages
...palate gladdens in the flavour Uf sparkling Helicon. CLASSIC Where do the following lines occur? — The old house by the lindens stood silent in the shade,...the gravelled pathway the light and shadow played. A. II. BAYLEY. St. Margaret's, Malvern. Where do the following line« occur ́_ I think they are a... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - English poetry - 1851 - 594 pages
...realms of light It falls into our world of night, With the murmuring sound of rhyme. THE OPEN WINDOW. THE old house by the lindens Stood silent in the shade,...faces of the children, They were no longer there. The large Newfoundland house-dog Was standing by the door; He looked for his little playmates, Who... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1852 - 344 pages
...floweret of the *•. soil, -. Tile nobility of labour, the long pedigree of toil. THE OPEN WINDOW. The old house by the lindens Stood silent in the shade,...pathway The light and shadow played. I saw the nursery window Wide open to the air ; But the faces of the children They were no longer there. The large Newfoundland... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1852 - 228 pages
...realms of light It falls into our world of night, With the murmuring sound of rhyme. THE OPEN WINDOW. THE old house by the lindens Stood silent in the shade,...the gravelled pathway The light and shadow played. But the faces of the children, They were no longer there. The large Newfoundland house-dog Was standing... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - American literature - 1852 - 580 pages
...Newfoundland house-dog Was standing by the door; He looked for his little playmates Who would return no more. They walked not under the lindens, They played not in the hall; Hut shadow and silence and sadness "Were hanging over all. The birds sang in the branches, "With sweet... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 470 pages
...realms of light It falls into our world of night, With the murmuring sound of rhyme. THE OPEN WINDOW. THE old house by the lindens Stood silent in the shade,...faces of the children, They were no longer there. 368 BT THi. FIRESIDE. The large Newfoundland house-dog Was standing by the door ; He looked for his... | |
 | Henrietta Keddie - 1854 - 322 pages
...perverted channels, gave to his talents a tone so warm and real, so kindly and generous. CHAPTEE XVIII. " I saw the nursery windows Wide open to the air, But...shadow and silence, and sadness Were hanging over all." LONGFELLOW. MAN proposes events, but does not dispose of them. An undreamt-of evil suddenly clouded... | |
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THE OPEN WINDOW. THE old house by the lindens Stood silent in the shade, And on the gravelled pathway The light and shadow played. I saw the nursery windows Wide open to the air ; But the faces of the children, They were no longer there. 
