Evangeline: a Tale of AcadieGeorge Slater, 1849 - 147 pages |
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... once , to return to visit their wretched families , and to look , for the last time , upon their beauti- ful fields , and their loved and lost homes . " These unhappy men bore their misfortunes with firmness , until they were ordered on ...
... once , to return to visit their wretched families , and to look , for the last time , upon their beauti- ful fields , and their loved and lost homes . " These unhappy men bore their misfortunes with firmness , until they were ordered on ...
Page 38
... Once in an ancient city , whose name I no longer remember , Raised aloft on a column , a brazen statue of Justice Stood in the public square , upholding the scales in its left hand , And in its right a sword , as an emblem 38 EVANGELINE .
... Once in an ancient city , whose name I no longer remember , Raised aloft on a column , a brazen statue of Justice Stood in the public square , upholding the scales in its left hand , And in its right a sword , as an emblem 38 EVANGELINE .
Page 61
... and farms the Acadian women , Driving in ponderous wains their household goods to the sea - shore , Pausing and looking back to gaze once more on their dwellings , Ere they were shut from sight by the winding road EVANGELINE . 61 V. ...
... and farms the Acadian women , Driving in ponderous wains their household goods to the sea - shore , Pausing and looking back to gaze once more on their dwellings , Ere they were shut from sight by the winding road EVANGELINE . 61 V. ...
Page 70
... uplifting , Whirled them aloft through the air , at once from a hundred house - tops Started the sheeted smoke with flashes of flame intermingled . These things beheld in dismay the crowd on the shore 70 EVANGELINE .
... uplifting , Whirled them aloft through the air , at once from a hundred house - tops Started the sheeted smoke with flashes of flame intermingled . These things beheld in dismay the crowd on the shore 70 EVANGELINE .
Page 74
... once more the stir and noise of embarking ; And with the ebb of that tide the ships sailed out of the harbour , Leaving behind them the dead on the shore , and the village in ruins . PART THE SECOND . F I. MANY a weary year 74 EVANGELINE .
... once more the stir and noise of embarking ; And with the ebb of that tide the ships sailed out of the harbour , Leaving behind them the dead on the shore , and the village in ruins . PART THE SECOND . F I. MANY a weary year 74 EVANGELINE .
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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