American Poems: Longfellow: Whittier: Bryant: Holmes: Lowell: EmersonHorace Elisha Scudder Houghton, Mifflin, 1879 - 453 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 41
Page 17
... oak - leaves . 65 Fair was she to behold , that maiden of seventeen summers ; Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside , Black , yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown 2 EVANGELINE . 17.
... oak - leaves . 65 Fair was she to behold , that maiden of seventeen summers ; Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside , Black , yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown 2 EVANGELINE . 17.
Page 18
... fair in sooth was the maiden . Fairer was she when , on Sunday morn , while the bell from its turret Sprinkled with holy sounds the air , as the priest with his hyssop Sprinkles the congregation , and scatters blessings upon them , Down ...
... fair in sooth was the maiden . Fairer was she when , on Sunday morn , while the bell from its turret Sprinkled with holy sounds the air , as the priest with his hyssop Sprinkles the congregation , and scatters blessings upon them , Down ...
Page 38
... fair , exceeding fair to behold , as she stood with Naked snow - white feet on the gleaming floor of her chamber ! Little she dreamed that below , among the trees of the orchard , 375 Waited her lover and watched for the gleam of her ...
... fair , exceeding fair to behold , as she stood with Naked snow - white feet on the gleaming floor of her chamber ! Little she dreamed that below , among the trees of the orchard , 375 Waited her lover and watched for the gleam of her ...
Page 58
... Fair was she and young ; but , alas ! before her extended , Dreary and vast and silent , the desert of life , with its pathway 685 Marked by the graves of those who had sorrowed and suffered before her , Passions long extinguished , and ...
... Fair was she and young ; but , alas ! before her extended , Dreary and vast and silent , the desert of life , with its pathway 685 Marked by the graves of those who had sorrowed and suffered before her , Passions long extinguished , and ...
Page 60
... fair as Gabriel ? others 710 Who have hearts as tender and true , and spirits as loyal ? Here is Baptiste Leblanc , the notary's son , who has loved thee Many a tedious year ; come , give him thy hand and be happy ! Thou art too fair to ...
... fair as Gabriel ? others 710 Who have hearts as tender and true , and spirits as loyal ? Here is Baptiste Leblanc , the notary's son , who has loved thee Many a tedious year ; come , give him thy hand and be happy ! Thou art too fair to ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Acadian Agassiz Atlantic Monthly beauty beheld beneath bobolink brazen head breath bright Captain cheer cloud cold dark dead death door dream earth England Evangeline eyes face fair faith father feet fire flowers forest gleamed glow Grand-Pré grave gray green hand hath head heard heart heaven hexameter hill Homoousians human illumined poems Indian John Alden Jotun laugh light lines lips living look Lowell maiden Mayflower meadows Miles Standish morning mountain murmur nature neath never night Nova Scotia o'er Phillips Academy Plymouth poems poet poetry prayer Priscilla river rock rose round SAMUEL SEWALL seemed shade shadow ship silent Sir Launfal siren passion smile snow song sorrow soul sound spake stood story stream strong summer sunshine sweet thee things thou thought tree village voice wall wind winter wonder woods words youth