Evangeline: a Tale of AcadieGeorge Slater, 1849 - 147 pages |
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Page 14
... Fair was she to behold , that maiden of seven- teen summers ; Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the way - side , - Black , yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses ! Sweet was her ...
... Fair was she to behold , that maiden of seven- teen summers ; Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the way - side , - Black , yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses ! Sweet was her ...
Page 44
... fair , exceeding fair to behold , as she stood with Naked snow - white feet on the gleaming floor of 44 EVANGELINE .
... fair , exceeding fair to behold , as she stood with Naked snow - white feet on the gleaming floor of 44 EVANGELINE .
Page 78
... spirit , and patiently suffer- ing all things . Fair was she and young ; but , alas ! before her extended , Dreary and vast and silent , the desert of life , with its pathway Marked by the graves of those who had sor- rowed 78 EVANGELINE .
... spirit , and patiently suffer- ing all things . Fair was she and young ; but , alas ! before her extended , Dreary and vast and silent , the desert of life , with its pathway Marked by the graves of those who had sor- rowed 78 EVANGELINE .
Page 81
... fair as Gabriel ? others Who have hearts as tender and true , and spi- rits as loyal ? Here is Baptiste Leblanc , the notary's son , who has loved thee Many a tedious year ; come , give him thy hand and be happy ! Thou art too fair to ...
... fair as Gabriel ? others Who have hearts as tender and true , and spi- rits as loyal ? Here is Baptiste Leblanc , the notary's son , who has loved thee Many a tedious year ; come , give him thy hand and be happy ! Thou art too fair to ...
Page 86
... fair Opelousas . With them Evangeline went , and her guide , the Father Felician . Onward o'er sunken sands , through a wilder- ness sombre with forests , Day after day they glided adown the turbulent river ; Night after night , by ...
... fair Opelousas . With them Evangeline went , and her guide , the Father Felician . Onward o'er sunken sands , through a wilder- ness sombre with forests , Day after day they glided adown the turbulent river ; Night after night , by ...
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Acadian Acadie accents aloft anon answer art thou ascended barns Basil the blacksmith beauty behold blossom boat cattle cheer churchyard darkness descended desert door dwellings Evangeline stood Evangeline's heart exile eyes face farm-yard farmer Father Felician Filled flax flocks flowers footsteps forest FREDERIKA BREMER Gabriel garden gazed gleamed golden hand Happy Valley heard heaven HENRY W herds herdsman labour land light lips Loud maiden maize meadows meek morning mournful myste neighbouring night notary notary public Nova Scotia o'er ocean Opelousas Ozark mountains passed Patience paused Port Royal prairies priest river roofs rose sang shade shadow Shawnee ships shore silent Sister of Mercy slowly slumber smoke snow-white sorrow soul sound spake spirit sunshine sweet tale thee thou thought tide Unto Vathek village of Grand-Pré voice waited wander weary whispered wind woodlands words