 Long among them was seen a maiden who waited and wandered, Lowly and meek in spirit, and patiently suffering all things. Fair was she and young ; but, alas ! before her extended, Dreary and vast and silent, the desert of life...  Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie - Page 83by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1893 - 181 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1849 - 782 pages
..."Lowly and meek in spirit, and patiently suffering all things — Fair was she and young ; bat alas 1 before her extended, Dreary and vast and silent, the...of those who had sorrowed and suffered before her. * * * Something there was in her life, incomplete, imperfect, unfinished, As if a morning of June,... | |
 | 1848 - 572 pages
...seen a maiden who waited and wander'd, Lowly and meek in spirit, and patiently suff 'ring all things. Fair was she and young: but, alas ! before her extended,...vast, and silent, the desert of Life, with its pathway Mark'd by the graves of those who had sorrow'd and snffer'd btfon her, Passions long cxtinguish'd,... | |
 | 1848 - 636 pages
...seen a maiden who waited and wander'd, Lowly and meek in spirit, and patiently suffering all things. Fair was she and young : but, alas ! before her extended,...long consumed, and bones that bleach in the sunshine. We have taken the liberty of marking one sluggish passage in the versification, and one somewhat ungraceful... | |
 | 1848 - 544 pages
...seen a maiden who waited and wandered, Lowly and meek in spirit and patiently suffering all things. Fair was she and young; but, alas ! before her extended,...Marked by the graves of those who had sorrowed and fallen before her, Passions long extinguished, and hopes long dead and abandoned, As the emigrant's... | |
 | 1849 - 820 pages
...our quotations shall conclude — "Lowly and meek in spirit, and patiently suffering all things — Fair was she and young ; but alas ! before her extended,...of those who had sorrowed and suffered before her. * * * Something there was in her life, incomplete, imperfect, unfinished, As if » morning of June,... | |
 | Elizabeth Caroline Grey - 1852 - 926 pages
...become so linked with the happiness of her existence, that to contemplate its extinction, was to see before her extended " Dreary and vast and silent the desert of life." No, rather was she content in doubt, darkness and uncertainty to wait and wander, her hope stil] fixed... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 pages
...was slie and young; but, alas! before her cxtended, Dreary and vast and silent, the desert of lifc, with its pathway Marked by the graves of those who had sorrowed and suflered before her, Passions long extinguished, and hopes long dead and abandoned, As the emigrant's... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 568 pages
...seen a maiden who waited and wandered, Lowly and meek in spirit, and patiently suffering all things. Fair was she and young ; but alas ! before her extended,...of those who had sorrowed and suffered before her, Camp-fires long consumed, and bones that bleach in the sunshine. Something there was in her life incomplete,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 472 pages
...seen a maiden who waited and wandered, Lowly and meek in spirit, and patiently suffering all things. Fair was she and young ; but alas ! before her extended,...and vast and silent, the desert of life, with its Marked by the graves of those who had sorrowed and suffered before her, Passions long extinguished,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1856 - 810 pages
...seen a maiden who waited and wandered, Lowly and meek in spirit, and patiently suffering all things. Fair was she and young ; but, alas ! before her extended,...extinguished, and hopes long dead and abandoned, As the emigrant'^ way o'er the Western desert is marked by Camp-fires long consumed, and bones that bleach... | |
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