Evangeline: a Tale of AcadieGeorge Slater, 1849 - 147 pages |
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... shore , just one mile in length , was crowded with women and children , who , on their knees , and with eyes and hands raised to heaven , entreated blessings on their young friends , so unmercifully torn from them . Some of the latter ...
... shore , just one mile in length , was crowded with women and children , who , on their knees , and with eyes and hands raised to heaven , entreated blessings on their young friends , so unmercifully torn from them . Some of the latter ...
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... beauty and strength of woman's devotion , List to the mournful tradition still sung by the pines of the forest ; List to a tale of love in Acadie , home of the happy . I. IN the Acadian land , on the shores of EVANGELINE . 9.
... beauty and strength of woman's devotion , List to the mournful tradition still sung by the pines of the forest ; List to a tale of love in Acadie , home of the happy . I. IN the Acadian land , on the shores of EVANGELINE . 9.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. I. IN the Acadian land , on the shores of the Basin of Minas , Distant , secluded , still , the little village of Grand - Pré Lay in the fruitful valley . Vast meadows stretched to the eastward , Giving the ...
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. I. IN the Acadian land , on the shores of the Basin of Minas , Distant , secluded , still , the little village of Grand - Pré Lay in the fruitful valley . Vast meadows stretched to the eastward , Giving the ...
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... shore of the sea to restore the sight of its fledglings ; Lucky was he who found that stone in the nest of the swallow ! Thus passed a few swift years , and they no longer were children . He was a valiant youth , and his face , like the ...
... shore of the sea to restore the sight of its fledglings ; Lucky was he who found that stone in the nest of the swallow ! Thus passed a few swift years , and they no longer were children . He was a valiant youth , and his face , like the ...
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... shores of tro- pical islands . Harvests where gathered in ; and wild with the winds of September Wrestled the trees of the forest , as Jacob of old with the angel . All the signs foretold a winter long and incle ment . Bees , with ...
... shores of tro- pical islands . Harvests where gathered in ; and wild with the winds of September Wrestled the trees of the forest , as Jacob of old with the angel . All the signs foretold a winter long and incle ment . Bees , with ...
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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