EvangelineHoughton, Mifflin, 1893 - 157 pages |
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... farmers and fish- ermen , living about Minas Basin and on Annapolis River , and the English government exercised only a nominal control over them . It was not till 1749 that the English themselves began to make settlements in the ...
... farmers and fish- ermen , living about Minas Basin and on Annapolis River , and the English government exercised only a nominal control over them . It was not till 1749 that the English themselves began to make settlements in the ...
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... 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 those pleasant farms , and the farm- ers forever departed ! Scattered like dust ...
... 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 those pleasant farms , and the farm- ers forever departed ! Scattered like dust ...
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... without number . Dikes , that the hands of the farmers had raised with labor incessant , Shut out the turbulent tides ; but at stated seasons the flood - gates . Opened , and welcomed the sea to wander at will. Lay in the fruitful valley .
... without number . Dikes , that the hands of the farmers had raised with labor incessant , Shut out the turbulent tides ; but at stated seasons the flood - gates . Opened , and welcomed the sea to wander at will. Lay in the fruitful valley .
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... farmers , - Dwelt in the love of God and of man . Alike were they free from Fear , that reigns with the tyrant , and envy , the vice of republics . Neither locks had they to their doors , nor bars to their windows ; But their dwellings ...
... farmers , - Dwelt in the love of God and of man . Alike were they free from Fear , that reigns with the tyrant , and envy , the vice of republics . Neither locks had they to their doors , nor bars to their windows ; But their dwellings ...
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... farmer of Grand - Pré , Dwelt on his goodly acres ; and with him , di- recting his household , Gentle Evangeline lived , his child , and the pride of the village . Stalworth and stately in form was the man of seventy winters ; Hearty ...
... farmer of Grand - Pré , Dwelt on his goodly acres ; and with him , di- recting his household , Gentle Evangeline lived , his child , and the pride of the village . Stalworth and stately in form was the man of seventy winters ; Hearty ...
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50 cents Acadian peasants Acadie accents aloft anon art thou ascended Basil the blacksmith beauty behold blossom cheer church darkness descended desert door English Evangeline stood Evangeline's heart eyes face farmer Father Felician flocks Gabriel garden gazed geline gilt top gleamed golden half calf hand HARRIET BEECHER STOWE heard heaven HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW herds hexameter HOUGHTON Iliad Illustrated labor land light lips LONGFELLOW Loud maiden maize meadows meek MIFFLIN morning Mountains neighboring night notary notary public Nova Scotia o'er ocean odor Opelousas Ozark Mountains paper passed Patience paused Portland Edition prairies priest river roof rose shade shadow shore silent slowly slumber smile snow-white sorrow soul sound spake spirit Stories sunshine sweet thee thou Uncle Remus Uncle Tom's Cabin Unto Vanity Fair village of Grand-Pré voice waited wandered weary whispered Willis Howard wind woodlands words
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Page 7 - 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 88 - Far down the Beautiful River, Past the Ohio shore and past the mouth of the Wabash, Into the golden stream of the broad and swift Mississippi, Floated a cumbrous boat, that was rowed by Acadian boatmen. It was a band of exiles : a raft, as it were, from the shipwrecked Nation, scattered along the coast, now floating together...
Page 11 - Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched to the eastward, Giving the village its name, and pasture to flocks without number.
Page 38 - Sat astride on his nose, with a look of wisdom supernal. Father of twenty children was he, and more than a hundred Children's children rode on his knee, and heard his great watch tick.
Page 95 - Soon by the fairest of these their weary oars were suspended. Under the boughs of Wachita willows, that grew by the margin, Safely their boat was moored ; and scattered about on the greensward, Tired with their midnight toil, the weary travellers slumbered. Over them vast and high extended the cope of a cedar. Swinging from its great arms, the trumpet-flower and the grape-vine Hung their ladder of ropes aloft like the ladder of Jacob, On whose pendulous stairs the angels ascending, descending, Were...
Page 141 - TN 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...
Page 153 - Village, and mountain, and woodlands ; and, walking under their shadow, As in the days of her youth, Evangeline rose in his vision. Tears came into his eyes ; and as slowly he lifted his eyelids, Vanished the vision away, but Evangeline knelt by 'his bedside. Vainly he strove to whisper her name, for the accents unuttered Died on his lips, and their motion revealed what his tongue would have spoken.
Page 155 - OTILL stands the forest primeval ; but far away from its shadow, Side by side, in their nameless graves, the lovers are sleeping. Under the humble walls of the little Catholic churchyard, In the heart of the city, they lie, unknown and unnoticed.
Page 25 - Harvests were gathered in; and wild with the winds of September Wrestled the trees of the forest, as Jacob of old with the Angel. All the signs foretold a winter long and inclement.
Page 46 - Laughed when a man was crowned, or a breach was made in the king-row. Meanwhile apart, in the twilight gloom of a window's embrasure, Sat the lovers, and whispered together, beholding the moon rise Over the pallid sea and the silvery mist of the meadows. Silently one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels.