| 1849 - 782 pages
...ocean, Bent, but not broken, by age" — Here are two very pretty, though somewhat quaint fancies— " Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven,...the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the Angels." * * * "And as she gazed from the window, she saw serenely the moon pass Forth from the folds of a cloud,... | |
| Criticism - 1848 - 628 pages
...all description. The moon is just rising over the placid sea and the mist of the meadows, when lo, " Silently one by one in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, the forgct-me-nots (if the angels." After Evangeline had retired to her chamber for the night, we find... | |
| 1847 - 1230 pages
...instance of these last, we venture, perhaps at some hazard with our lady readers, to give the following: " Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven,...the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels." Longfellow has, before this, " Called the flowers, so blue and golden, Stars, that in Earth's firmament... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Acadians - 1848 - 180 pages
...whispered together, beholding the moon rise Over the pallid sea and the silvery mist of the meadows. Silently one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven,...the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels. Thus passed the evening away. Anon the bell from the belfry Rang out the hour of nine, the village... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 152 pages
...whispered together, beholding the moon rise Over the pallid sea and the silvery mist of the meadows, Silently one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven,...Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angers. Thus passed the evening away. Anon the bell from the belfry Hang out the hour of nine, the... | |
| 1848 - 734 pages
...pretty, that one cannot choose but pardon it. The author is not always so successful. Thus : — 1 Silently one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, the forgel-me nols of the angels." 1848.] Feb., This is altogether too fine. It is sickening. We cannot... | |
| Literature - 1849 - 820 pages
...broken, by age" — Here are two very pretty, though somewhat quaint fancies — " Silently, one hy one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed...the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the Angels." * » » "And as she gazed from the window, she saw serenely the moon pass Forth from the folds of a... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1850 - 476 pages
...whispered together, beholding the moon rise Over the pallid sea and the silvery mist of the meadows. Silently one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven,...the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels. Thus passed the evening away. Anon the bell from the belfry Rang out the hour of nine, the village... | |
| Orestes Augustus Brownson - American essays - 1850 - 560 pages
...his face, as the vapors Freeze in fantastic shapes on the window-panes in the winter." Again : — " Silently, one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven,...the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels." This is exquisitely dainty, but overwhelmingly artificial ; we admire, and yet we despise. However,... | |
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