Evangeline: A Tale of AcadieHurst, 1901 - 155 pages |
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Page 65
... boats ply ; All day long the wains came laboring down from the village . Late in the afternoon , when the sun was near to his setting , Echoed far o'er the fields came the roll of drums from the churchyard . Thither the women and ...
... boats ply ; All day long the wains came laboring down from the village . Late in the afternoon , when the sun was near to his setting , Echoed far o'er the fields came the roll of drums from the churchyard . Thither the women and ...
Page 68
... boats ; and in the confusion Wives were torn from their husbands , and mothers , too late , saw their children Left on the land , extending their arms , with wildest entreaties . Se unto separate ships were Basil and Gabriel carried ...
... boats ; and in the confusion Wives were torn from their husbands , and mothers , too late , saw their children Left on the land , extending their arms , with wildest entreaties . Se unto separate ships were Basil and Gabriel carried ...
Page 70
... boats of the sailors . Then , as the night descended , the herds returned from their pastures ; Sweet was the moist still air with the odor of milk from their udders ; Lowing they waited , and long , at the well - known bars of the farm ...
... boats of the sailors . Then , as the night descended , the herds returned from their pastures ; Sweet was the moist still air with the odor of milk from their udders ; Lowing they waited , and long , at the well - known bars of the farm ...
Page 87
... boat , that was rowed by Acadian boatmen . It was a band of exiles : a raft , as it were , from the shipwrecked Nation , scattered along the coast , now floating together , Bound by the bonds of a common belief and a common misfortune ...
... boat , that was rowed by Acadian boatmen . It was a band of exiles : a raft , as it were , from the shipwrecked Nation , scattered along the coast , now floating together , Bound by the bonds of a common belief and a common misfortune ...
Page 91
... brain that assumed the shape of a phantom . Through those shadowy aisles had Gabriel wan- dered before her , And every stroke of the oar now brought him . nearer and nearer . Then in his place at the prow of the boat Evangeline . gr.
... brain that assumed the shape of a phantom . Through those shadowy aisles had Gabriel wan- dered before her , And every stroke of the oar now brought him . nearer and nearer . Then in his place at the prow of the boat Evangeline . gr.
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Acadian Acadie accents almshouse aloft anon answer art thou barns Basil the blacksmith beauty behold Bellefontaine blossom boat bosom cheer churchyard darkness descended desert door Echoed Evangeline stood Evangeline's heart eyes face farm-yard Father Felician Filled flax flocks flowers footsteps forest Gabriel garden gazed gleamed glided golden hand heard heaven HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW herds herdsman kirtles labor land Laughed light lips Loud maiden maize meadows meek midst moon morning mournful neighboring night notary notary public numberless o'er oars ocean odor Opelousas Ozark Mountains passed Patience paused Port Royal prairies priest river roof rose shade shadow Shawnee shore silent Sister of Mercy slowly slumber smile snow-white sorrow soul sound spake spirit sunshine sweet tale tankard thee thought tremulous twilight Unto village of Grand-Pré voice waited wandered weary whispered wigwam wind woodlands words