Evangeline: A Tale of AcadieHurst, 1901 - 155 pages |
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... household , Gentle Evangeline lived , his child , and the pride of the village . Stalworth and stately in form was the man of seventy winters ; Hearty and hale was he , an oak that is covered with snow - flakes ; White as the snow were ...
... household , Gentle Evangeline lived , his child , and the pride of the village . Stalworth and stately in form was the man of seventy winters ; Hearty and hale was he , an oak that is covered with snow - flakes ; White as the snow were ...
Page 19
... household . Many a youth , as he knelt in the church and opened his missal , Fixed his eyes upon her , as the saint of his deep- est devotion ; Happy was he who might touch her hand or the hem of her garment ! Many a suitor came to her ...
... household . Many a youth , as he knelt in the church and opened his missal , Fixed his eyes upon her , as the saint of his deep- est devotion ; Happy was he who might touch her hand or the hem of her garment ! Many a suitor came to her ...
Page 42
... household . She , after form of trial condemned to die on the scaffold , Patiently met her uoom at the foot of the statue of Justice . As to her Father in heaven her innocent spirit ascended , Lo ! o'er the city a tempest rose ; and the ...
... household . She , after form of trial condemned to die on the scaffold , Patiently met her uoom at the foot of the statue of Justice . As to her Father in heaven her innocent spirit ascended , Lo ! o'er the city a tempest rose ; and the ...
Page 46
... household . Many 2 farewell word and sweet good night on the door - step Lingered long in Evangeline's heart , and filled it with gladness . Carefully then were covered the embers that glowed on the hearth - stone , And on the oaken ...
... household . Many 2 farewell word and sweet good night on the door - step Lingered long in Evangeline's heart , and filled it with gladness . Carefully then were covered the embers that glowed on the hearth - stone , And on the oaken ...
Page 61
... household cares , and the weary feet of their children . Down sank the great red sun , and in golden , glimmering vapors Veiled the light of his face , like the Prophet desdending from Sinai . Sweetly over the village the bell of the ...
... household cares , and the weary feet of their children . Down sank the great red sun , and in golden , glimmering vapors Veiled the light of his face , like the Prophet desdending from Sinai . Sweetly over the village the bell of the ...
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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