American Poems: Longfellow: Whittier: Bryant: Holmes: Lowell: EmersonHorace Elisha Scudder Houghton, Mifflin, 1879 - 453 pages |
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... village , the home of Acadian farmers , ― 10 Men whose lives glided on like rivers that water the woodlands , Darkened by shadows of earth , but reflecting an image of heaven ? Waste are those pleasant farms , and the farmers forever ...
... village , the home of Acadian farmers , ― 10 Men whose lives glided on like rivers that water the woodlands , Darkened by shadows of earth , but reflecting an image of heaven ? Waste are those pleasant farms , and the farmers forever ...
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... village of Grand- Pré Lay in the fruitful valley . Vast meadows stretched to the eastward , Giving the village its name , and pasture to flocks without number . Dikes , that the hands of the farmers had raised with labor incessant ...
... village of Grand- Pré Lay in the fruitful valley . Vast meadows stretched to the eastward , Giving the village its name , and pasture to flocks without number . Dikes , that the hands of the farmers had raised with labor incessant ...
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... village . Strongly built were the houses , with frames of oak and of hemlock , Such as the peasants of Normandy built in the reign of the Henries . 35 Thatched were the roofs , with dormer - windows ; and gables projecting Over the ...
... village . Strongly built were the houses , with frames of oak and of hemlock , Such as the peasants of Normandy built in the reign of the Henries . 35 Thatched were the roofs , with dormer - windows ; and gables projecting Over the ...
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... village street , and gilded the vanes on the chimneys , Matrons and maidens sat in snow - white caps and in kirtles 40 Scarlet and blue and green , with distaffs spinning the golden Flax for the gossiping looms , whose noisy shuttles ...
... village street , and gilded the vanes on the chimneys , Matrons and maidens sat in snow - white caps and in kirtles 40 Scarlet and blue and green , with distaffs spinning the golden Flax for the gossiping looms , whose noisy shuttles ...
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... village , and nearer the Basin of Minas , Benedict Bellefontaine , the wealthiest farmer of Grand - Pré , 60 Dwelt on his goodly acres ; and with him , direct- ing his household , Gentle Evangeline lived , his child , and the pride of ...
... village , and nearer the Basin of Minas , Benedict Bellefontaine , the wealthiest farmer of Grand - Pré , 60 Dwelt on his goodly acres ; and with him , direct- ing his household , Gentle Evangeline lived , his child , and the pride of ...
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