 ... the waves seemed silent to listen. Plaintive at first were the tones and sad ; then soaring to madness Seemed they to follow or guide the revel of frenzied Bacchantes. Single notes were then heard, in sorrowful, low lamentation ; Till, having gathered...  Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie - Page 75by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1904 - 116 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1848 - 780 pages
...all, he flung them abroad in derision, As when, after a storm, a gust of wind through the tieetops Shakes down the rattling rain in a crystal shower on the branches." Where is there a prettier conceit than in the following allusion to Philadplphia 1 We copy it with... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 152 pages
...heard, in sorrowful, low lamentation; Till, having gathered them all, he flung them abroad in derision, As when, after a storm, a gust of wind through the...through the amber air, above the crest of the woodland, Saw the column of smoke that arose from a neighbouring dwelling; — Sounds of a horn they heard, and... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 176 pages
...heard, in sorrowful, low lamentation; Till, having gathered them all, he flung them abroad in derision, As when, after a storm, a gust of wind through the...Teche, where it flows through the green Opelousas, Andthrough the amber air, above the crest of Saw the column of smoke that arose from a neighbouring... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 180 pages
...heard, in sorrowful, low lamentation ; Till, having gathered them all, he flung them abroad in derision, As when, after a storm, a gust of wind through the...branches. With such a prelude as this, and hearts that Slowly they entered the Teche, where it flows through the green Opelousas, And through the amber air,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1848 - 538 pages
...heard, in sorrowful, low lamentation ; Till, having gathered them all, he flung them abroad in derision, As when, after a storm, a gust of wind through the...rattling rain in a crystal shower on the branches." — pp. 104, 105. We must quote the concluding lines : — " Still stands the forest primeval ; but... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 182 pages
...all, he flung them abroad in derision, As when, after a storm, a gust of wind through the tree- tops Shakes down the rattling rain in a crystal shower...branches. With such a prelude as this, and hearts that Slowly they entered the Teche, where it flows through the green Opelousas, And through the amber air,... | |
 | 1848 - 832 pages
...great Mississippi. They float duwn its turbulent waters, and at last " Slowly they entered the Tcche where it flows through the green Opelousas, And through the amber air, above the crest of the woodland, Saw the column of smoke that arose from a neighboring dwelling. Sounds "' a horn they heard, and the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 476 pages
...heard, in sorrowful, low lamentation ; Till, having gathered them all, he flung them abroad in derision, As when, after a storm, a gust of wind through the...prelude as this, and hearts that throbbed with emotion, n Slowly they entered the Teche, where it flows through the green Opelousas, And through the amber... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1850 - 560 pages
...island, with a screen of palmettos between them ; and Evangeline dreamed that Gabriel had been near her. Slowly they entered the Teche, where it flows through the green Opelousas, and saw, near to the bank of the river, secluded and still, the house of a herdsman. " A garden Girded... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...the revel of frenzied Bacchantes. ill, having gathered them all, he flung them abroad in derision ; As when, after a storm, a gust of wind through the tree-tops Shakes uown the rattling rain in a crystal shower on the branches. With such a prelude as this, and hearts... | |
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