Evangeline: A Tale of AcadieHurst, 1901 - 155 pages |
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Page 7
... voices sad and prophetic , Stand like harpers hoar , with beards that rest on their bosoms . Loud from its rocky caverns , the deep - voiced neighboring ocean Speaks , and in accents disconsolate answers the wail of the forest . This is ...
... voices sad and prophetic , Stand like harpers hoar , with beards that rest on their bosoms . Loud from its rocky caverns , the deep - voiced neighboring ocean Speaks , and in accents disconsolate answers the wail of the forest . This is ...
Page 8
... voice of the huntsman ? Where is the thatch - roofed village , the home of Acadian farmers , — Men whose lives glided on like rivers that water the woodlands , Darkened by shadows of earth , but reflecting an image of heaven ? Waste are ...
... voice of the huntsman ? Where is the thatch - roofed village , the home of Acadian farmers , — Men whose lives glided on like rivers that water the woodlands , Darkened by shadows of earth , but reflecting an image of heaven ? Waste are ...
Page 18
... Voice that in ages of old had startled the peni- tent Peter . Bursting with hay were the barns , themselves a village . In each one Far o'er the gable projected a roof of thatch ; and a staircase , Under the sheltering eaves , led up to ...
... Voice that in ages of old had startled the peni- tent Peter . Bursting with hay were the barns , themselves a village . In each one Far o'er the gable projected a roof of thatch ; and a staircase , Under the sheltering eaves , led up to ...
Page 25
... Voices of children at play , the crowing of cocks in the farm - yards , Whir of wings in the drowsy air , and the coo- ing of pigeons , All were subdued and low as the murmurs of love , and the great sun 1 Looked with the eye of love ...
... Voices of children at play , the crowing of cocks in the farm - yards , Whir of wings in the drowsy air , and the coo- ing of pigeons , All were subdued and low as the murmurs of love , and the great sun 1 Looked with the eye of love ...
Page 59
... voice of the priest , and the people responded , Not with their lips alone , but their hearts ; and the Ave Maria Sang they , and fell on their knees , and their souls , with devotion translated , Pose on the ardor of prayer , like ...
... voice of the priest , and the people responded , Not with their lips alone , but their hearts ; and the Ave Maria Sang they , and fell on their knees , and their souls , with devotion translated , Pose on the ardor of prayer , like ...
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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