West and south there were fields of flax, and orchards and cornfields Spreading afar and unfenced o'er the plain ; and away to the northward Blomidon rose, and the forests old, and aloft on the mountains Sea-fogs pitched their tents, and mists from the... Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie - Page 6by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 122 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1860 - 834 pages
...French happy. Still a remnant exists of its French population ; and here and there an old house, " with frames of oak and of chestnut, such as the peasants of Normandy built in the reigns of the Henries, bears witness to the nationality of its founder. They are, however, generally... | |
| 1848 - 476 pages
...forests old, and aloft on the mountains Sea-fogs pitched their tents, and mists from the mighty Atlantic Looked on the happy valley, but ne'er from their station...protected and shaded the door-way. There in the tranquil evemngs of summer, when brightly the sunset Lighted the village street, and gilded the vanes on the... | |
| 1848 - 604 pages
...old, and aloft on the mountain.* Sea-fosrs pitched their tent.*, and mists from the mighty Atlantic Looked on the happy valley, but ne'er from their station...Strongly built were the houses, with frames of oak and ol Chestnut, Such as the peasants of Normandy built in the reign of ihe Henries. Thatched were the... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 476 pages
...old, and aloft on the mountains „ Sea-fogs pitched their tents, and mists from the mighty Atlantic Looked on the happy valley, but ne'er from their station...Henries. Thatched were the roofs, with dormer-windows ; Over the basement below protected and shaded the door-way. There in the tranquil evenings of summer,... | |
| Thomas Powell - 1850 - 384 pages
...forests old, and aloft on the mountains Sea-fogs pitched their tents, and mists from the mighty Atlantic Looked on the happy valley, but ne'er from their station...Strongly built were the houses, with frames of oak and chestnut, Such as the peasants of Normandy built in the reign of the Henries. The closing line is an... | |
| Thomas Powell - 1850 - 382 pages
...forests old, and aloft on the mountains Sea-fogs pitched their tents, and mists from the mighty Atlantic Looked on the happy valley, but ne'er from their station...Strongly built were the houses, with frames of oak and chestnut, Such as the peasants of Normandy built in the reign of the Henries. The closing line is an... | |
| Thomas Powell - 1850 - 380 pages
...midst of its farms, reposed the Acadian village. Strongly built were the houses, with frames of oak and chestnut, Such as the peasants of Normandy built in the reign of the Henries. The closing line is an instance of that want of keeping which occasionally spoils the effect of a fine... | |
| 1853 - 496 pages
...forests old, and aloft on the mountains Sea-fogs pitched their tents, and mists from the mighty Atlantic Looked on the happy valley, but ne'er from their station...Strongly built were the houses, with frames of oak and of chesmit, Such as the peasants of Normandy built in the reign of the Henries. Thatched were the roofs,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1854 - 174 pages
...forests old, and aloft on the mountains Sea-fogs pitched their tents, and mists from the mighty Atlantic Looked on the happy valley, but ne'er from their station...Henries. Thatched were the roofs, with dormer-windows ; Over the basement below protected and shaded the door-way. There in the tranquil evenings of summer,... | |
| Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 pages
...forcsts old, and aloft on the mountains Sea-fogs pitched their tenls, and mists from the mighty Atlantic Looked on the happy valley, but ne'er from their Station descended. There, in the midst of its furms, reposed the Acadian village. l Strongly built were the honses, with frames of oak and of chesnut,... | |
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