1893

Copyright, 1866,

BY HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW.

Copyright, 1879,

BY HOUGHTON, OSGOOD & CO.

Copyright, 1883 and 1893,

BY HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO.

All rights reserved.

The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A. Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton & Co.

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Solemnly down the street came the parish priest,

and the children

Paused in their play to kiss the hand he extended

to bless them "

"When in the harvest heat she bore to the reapers

at noontide

Flagons of home-brewed ale, ah! fair in sooth

was the maiden ".

“There at the door they stood, with wondering eyes

to behold him

Take in his leathern lap the hoof of the horse as

a plaything "

"In silent and mournful procession,

Came from the neighboring hamlets and farms the

Acadian women,

Driving in ponderous wains their household goods

to the sea-shore".

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VI. "Then in his place, at the prow of the boat, rose

one of the oarsmen,

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And, as a signal sound, if others like them perad-

venture

Sailed on those gloomy and midnight streams,

blew a blast on his bugle'

"He blew a blast, that resounded

Wildly and sweet and far, through the still damp

air of the evening "

VIII. "Day after day, with their Indian guides, the maid-

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en and Basil

Followed his flying steps, and thought each day

to o'ertake him "

Evangeline, kneeling beside him,

Kissed his dying lips, and laid his head on her

bosom "

X. THE CHURCHYARD

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