EvangelineMaynard, Merrill, & Company, 1893 - 110 pages |
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... lips the worthy notary en- 10 tered . V III . BENT like a laboring oar , that toils in the surf of the ocean , Bent , but not broken , by age was the form of the notary public ; 3 , 4. The merry lads of the village strongly have built ...
... lips the worthy notary en- 10 tered . V III . BENT like a laboring oar , that toils in the surf of the ocean , Bent , but not broken , by age was the form of the notary public ; 3 , 4. The merry lads of the village strongly have built ...
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... lip , he solemnly bowed and departed , While in silence the others sat and mused by the fire- side , 15 Till Evangeline brought the draught - board out of its corner . Soon was the game begun . In friendly contention the old men Laughed ...
... lip , he solemnly bowed and departed , While in silence the others sat and mused by the fire- side , 15 Till Evangeline brought the draught - board out of its corner . Soon was the game begun . In friendly contention the old men Laughed ...
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... lips , and blessed the cup as she gave it . 10 Under the open sky , in the odorous air of the orchard , Bending with golden fruit , was spread the feast of betrothal . There in the shade of the porch were the priest and the notary ...
... lips , and blessed the cup as she gave it . 10 Under the open sky , in the odorous air of the orchard , Bending with golden fruit , was spread the feast of betrothal . There in the shade of the porch were the priest and the notary ...
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... lips still repeat the prayer , ' O Father , forgive them ! ' Let us repeat that prayer in the hour when the wicked assail us , Let us repeat it now , and say , ' O Father , forgive them ! " " Few were his words of rebuke , but deep in ...
... lips still repeat the prayer , ' O Father , forgive them ! ' Let us repeat that prayer in the hour when the wicked assail us , Let us repeat it now , and say , ' O Father , forgive them ! " " Few were his words of rebuke , but deep in ...
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... lips , as the feet of a child on a threshold , Hushed by the scene he beholds , and the awful pres- 10 ence of sorrow . Silently , therefore , he laid his hand on the head of the maiden , Raising his eyes , full of tears , to the silent ...
... lips , as the feet of a child on a threshold , Hushed by the scene he beholds , and the awful pres- 10 ence of sorrow . Silently , therefore , he laid his hand on the head of the maiden , Raising his eyes , full of tears , to the silent ...
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Page 19 - THIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms.
Page 48 - Yet must I bow and obey, and deliver the will of our monarch: Namely, that all your lands, and dwellings, and cattle of all kinds Forfeited be to the crown; and that you yourselves from this province Be transported to other lands. God grant you may dwell there Ever as faithful subjects, a happy and peaceable people! Prisoners now I declare you, for such is his Majesty's pleasure!
Page 110 - Still stands the forest primeval ; but under the shade of its branches Dwells another race, with other customs and language. Only along the shore of the mournful and misty Atlantic Linger a few Acadian peasants, whose fathers from exile Wandered back to their native land to die in its bosom. In the fisherman's Cot the wheel and the loom are still busy ; Maidens still wear their Norman caps and their kirtles of homespun, And by the evening fire repeat Evangeline's story, While from its rocky caverns...
Page 25 - Brought in the olden time from France, and since, as an heirloom, Handed down from mother to child, through long generations. But a celestial brightness — a more ethereal beauty — Shone on her face and encircled her form, when, after confession, Homeward serenely she walked with God's benediction upon her, When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.
Page 24 - Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside, Black, yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses ! Sweet was her breath as the breath of kine that feed in the meadows.
Page 107 - And from her eyes and cheeks the light and bloom of the morning. Then there escaped from her lips a cry of such terrible anguish, That the dying heard it, and started up from their pillows.
Page 101 - IN that delightful land which is washed by the Delaware's waters, Guarding in sylvan shades the name of Penn the apostle, Stands on the banks of its beautiful stream the city he founded. There all the air is balm, and the peach is the emblem of beauty, And the streets still reecho the names of the trees of the forest, As if they fain would appease the Dryads whose haunts they molested.
Page 107 - But, as he lay in the morning light, his face for a moment Seemed to assume once more the forms of its earlier manhood ; So are wont to be changed the faces of those who are dying.
Page 29 - Thus passed a few swift years, and they no longer were children. He was a valiant youth, and his face, like the face of the morning, Gladdened the earth with its light, and ripened thought into action. She was a woman now, with the heart and hopes of a woman.
Page 29 - Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests on the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone, which the swallow Brings from the shore of the sea to restore the sight of its fledglings ; Lucky was he who found that stone in the nest of the swallow ! Thus passed a few swift years, and they no longer were children.