Evangeline: A Tale of AcadieHurst, 1901 - 155 pages |
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Page 12
... street , and gilded the vanes on the chimneys , Matrons and maidens sat in snow - white caps and in kirtles Scarlet and blue and green , with distaffs spin- ning the golden Flax for the gossiping looms , whose noisy shut- tles within ...
... street , and gilded the vanes on the chimneys , Matrons and maidens sat in snow - white caps and in kirtles Scarlet and blue and green , with distaffs spin- ning the golden Flax for the gossiping looms , whose noisy shut- tles within ...
Page 15
... them , Down the long street she passed , with her chap- let of beads and her missal , Wearing her Norman cap , and her kirtle of blue , and the ear - rings , Brought in the olden time from France , and since Evangeline . IS.
... them , Down the long street she passed , with her chap- let of beads and her missal , Wearing her Norman cap , and her kirtle of blue , and the ear - rings , Brought in the olden time from France , and since Evangeline . IS.
Page 50
... streets with people ; and noisy groups at the house - doors Sat in the cheerful sun , and rejoiced and gos- siped together . Every house was an inn , where all were wel- comed and feasted ; For with this simple people , who lived like ...
... streets with people ; and noisy groups at the house - doors Sat in the cheerful sun , and rejoiced and gos- siped together . Every house was an inn , where all were wel- comed and feasted ; For with this simple people , who lived like ...
Page 60
... street with mysterious splen- dor , and roofed each Peasant's cottage with golden thatch , and em- blazoned its windows . Long within had been spread the snow - white cloth on the table ; There stood the wheaten loaf , and the honey ...
... street with mysterious splen- dor , and roofed each Peasant's cottage with golden thatch , and em- blazoned its windows . Long within had been spread the snow - white cloth on the table ; There stood the wheaten loaf , and the honey ...
Page 70
... streets ; from the church no Angelus sounded , Rose no smoke from the roofs , and gleamed no lights from the windows . But on the shores meanwhile the evening fires had been kindled , Built of the drift - wood thrown on the sands 70 ...
... streets ; from the church no Angelus sounded , Rose no smoke from the roofs , and gleamed no lights from the windows . But on the shores meanwhile the evening fires had been kindled , Built of the drift - wood thrown on the sands 70 ...
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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