Evangeline: a Tale of AcadieGeorge Slater, 1849 - 147 pages |
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Page 28
... fire- place , idly the farmer Sat in his elbow - chair , and watched how the flames and the smoke - wreaths Struggled together like foes in a burning city . Behind him , Nodding and mocking along the wall , with gesture fantastic ...
... fire- place , idly the farmer Sat in his elbow - chair , and watched how the flames and the smoke - wreaths Struggled together like foes in a burning city . Behind him , Nodding and mocking along the wall , with gesture fantastic ...
Page 59
... no answer Came from the graves of the dead , nor the gloomier grave of the living . Slowly at length she returned to the tenantless house of her father . E Smouldered the fire on the hearth , on the board EVANGELINE . 59.
... no answer Came from the graves of the dead , nor the gloomier grave of the living . Slowly at length she returned to the tenantless house of her father . E Smouldered the fire on the hearth , on the board EVANGELINE . 59.
Page 60
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Smouldered the fire on the hearth , on the board stood the supper untasted , Empty and drear was each room , and haunted with phantoms of terror ; Sadly echoed her step on the stair and the floor of her ...
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Smouldered the fire on the hearth , on the board stood the supper untasted , Empty and drear was each room , and haunted with phantoms of terror ; Sadly echoed her step on the stair and the floor of her ...
Page 65
... fire from his eye , and his footstep Heavier seemed with the weight of the weary heart in his bosom . But with a smile and a sigh , she clasped his neck and embraced him , Speaking words of endearment where words of comfort availed not ...
... fire from his eye , and his footstep Heavier seemed with the weight of the weary heart in his bosom . But with a smile and a sigh , she clasped his neck and embraced him , Speaking words of endearment where words of comfort availed not ...
Page 67
... ; from the church no Angelus sounded . Rose no smoke from the roofs , and gleamed no lights from the windows . But on the shores meanwhile the evening fires had been kindled , Built of the drift - wood thrown on the sands EVANGELINE . 67.
... ; from the church no Angelus sounded . Rose no smoke from the roofs , and gleamed no lights from the windows . But on the shores meanwhile the evening fires had been kindled , Built of the drift - wood thrown on the sands EVANGELINE . 67.
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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