Evangeline: A Tale of AcadieHurst, 1901 - 155 pages |
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Page 17
... horses . Shielding the house from storms , on the north , were the barns and the farm - yard , There stood the broad - wheeled wains and the antique plows and the harrows ; There were the folds for the sheep ; and there , in his ...
... horses . Shielding the house from storms , on the north , were the barns and the farm - yard , There stood the broad - wheeled wains and the antique plows and the harrows ; There were the folds for the sheep ; and there , in his ...
Page 21
... horse as a plaything , Nailing the shoe in its place ; while near him the tire of the cart - wheel Lay like a fiery snake , coiled round in a circle of cinders . Oft , on autumnal eves , when without in the gathering darkness Bursting ...
... horse as a plaything , Nailing the shoe in its place ; while near him the tire of the cart - wheel Lay like a fiery snake , coiled round in a circle of cinders . Oft , on autumnal eves , when without in the gathering darkness Bursting ...
Page 38
... horses , And of the white Létiche , the ghost of a child who unchristened Died , and was doomed to haunt unseen the chambers of children ; And how on Christmas eve the oxen talked in the stable , And how the fever was cured by a spider ...
... horses , And of the white Létiche , the ghost of a child who unchristened Died , and was doomed to haunt unseen the chambers of children ; And how on Christmas eve the oxen talked in the stable , And how the fever was cured by a spider ...
Page 75
... horses affrighted sweep by with the speed of the whirlwind , Or the loud bellowing herds of buffaloes rush to the river . Such was the sound that arose on the night , as the herds and the horses Broke through their folds and fences ...
... horses affrighted sweep by with the speed of the whirlwind , Or the loud bellowing herds of buffaloes rush to the river . Such was the sound that arose on the night , as the herds and the horses Broke through their folds and fences ...
Page 91
... horse's hoof on the turf of the prairies , Far in advance are closed the leaves of the shrinking mimosa , So , at the hoof - beats of fate , with sad fore- bodings of evil , Shrinks and closes the heart , ere the stroke of doom has ...
... horse's hoof on the turf of the prairies , Far in advance are closed the leaves of the shrinking mimosa , So , at the hoof - beats of fate , with sad fore- bodings of evil , Shrinks and closes the heart , ere the stroke of doom has ...
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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