Kissed his dying lips, and laid his head on her bosom. Sweet was the light of his eyes ; but it suddenly sank into darkness, As when a lamp is blown out by a gust of wind at a casement. Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie - Page 101by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1897 - 102 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1847 - 1230 pages
...his last look upon her and dies. " All is ended now, the hope and the fear and the sorrow, All tlie aching of heart, the restless, unsatisfied longing,...dull, deep pain, and constant anguish of patience." Such is the story of Evangeline ; one of great beauty, however much it may suffer in this sketch of... | |
| 1848 - 572 pages
...laid hi - head in her bosom. Sweet was the light of his eyes ; but it suddenly sank into darkness, As when a lamp is blown out by a gust of wind at a casement. All is over, and Evangeline is left to her meek resignation. The tomb of the lovers still exists, unknown... | |
| 1848 - 636 pages
...and laid his head in her bosom. Sweet was the light of his eyes; but it suddenly sank into darkness, As when a lamp is blown out by a gust of wind at a casement. All is over, and Evangeline is left to her meek resignation. The tomb of the lovers still exists, unknown... | |
| 1848 - 1390 pages
...' Tabriel ! He just recognizes her, and then the light of his eyes suddenly sinks into darkness, " as when a lamp is blown out by a gust of wind at a casement." She bows her head ; the long agony is over now, and the story ends with her saying, 'Father, I thank... | |
| 1848 - 832 pages
...thin, gray locks, she finds her long sought Gabriel. He turns his last look upon her and dies. " All is ended now, the hope and the fear and the sorrow, All the arhing of heart, the restless, unsatisfied longing, All the dull, deep pain, and constant anguish of... | |
| 432 pages
...and laid his head on her bosom ; Sweet was the light of his eyes, but it suddenly sank into darkness, As when a lamp is blown out by a gust of wind at a...dull, deep pain, and constant anguish of patience t And, as she pressed once more the lifeless head to her bosom, Meekly she bowed her own, and murmured,... | |
| Eliza Cook - 1849 - 432 pages
...and laid his head on her bosom ; Sweet was the light of his eyes, but it suddenly sank into darkness, As when a lamp is blown out by a gust of wind at a casement. All was ended now, the hopf and the fear, and the sorrow, All the aching of heart, the restless, unsatisfied longing, All... | |
| Thomas Powell - 1850 - 384 pages
...and laid his head on her bosom. Sweet was the light of his eyes; but it suddenly sank into darkness, As when a lamp is blown out by a gust of wind at a casement." Thus ends the most elaborated of Mr. Longfellow's poems, and it is one, perhaps, on which he most prides... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 476 pages
...and laid his head on her bosom. Sweet was the light of his eyes ; but it suddenly sank into darkness, As when a lamp is blown out by a gust of wind at a casement. EVANGELINE. All was ended now, the hope, and the fear, and the sorrow, All the aching of heart, the... | |
| Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1850 - 560 pages
...rise ; and Evangeline, kneeling beside him, Kissed his dying lips, and laid his head on her bosom " All was ended now, the hope, and the fear, and the sorrow, And as she pressed once more the lifeless head to her bosom, Meekly she bowed her own, and murmured,... | |
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