Then from a neighboring thicket the mocking-bird, wildest of singers, Swinging aloft on a willow spray that hung o'er the water, Shook from his little throat such floods of delirious music. That the whole air and the woods and the waves seemed silent... Evangeline - Page 71by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1902 - 137 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1848 - 780 pages
...description of the warbling of the mocking-bird; " Then from a neighboring thicket the mocking bird, wildest of singers, Swinging aloft on a willow spray...water, Shook from his little throat such floods of delirious music, That the whole air, and the woods, and the waves, seemed silent to listen. Plaintive... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1848 - 538 pages
...dripping oars, on the motionless water. Filled was Evangeline's heart with inexpressible sweetness. Touched by the magic spell, the sacred fountains of...love, as the skies and waters around her. Then from a neighbouring thicket the mocking-bird, wildest of singers, Swinging aloft on a willow spray that hung... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 182 pages
...dripping oars, on the motionless water. Filled was Evangeline's heart with inexpressible sweetness. Touched by the magic spell, the sacred fountains of...love, as the skies and waters around her. Then from a neighbouring thicket the mockingbird, wildest of singers, Swinging aloft on a willow spray that hung... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 180 pages
...feeling Glowed with the light of love, as the skies and waters around her. Then from a neighbouring thicket the mockingbird, wildest of singers, Swinging...water, Shook from his little throat such floods of delirious music, That the whole air and the woods and the waves seemed silent to listen. Plaintive... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 180 pages
...of love, as the skies.. and waters around her. Then from a neighbouring thicket the mogkingSwinging aloft on a willow spray that hung o'er the water, Shook from his little throat such floods of delirious music, That the whole air and the woods and the waves seemed silent to listen. Plaintive... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1849 - 170 pages
...feeling Glowed with the light of love, as the skies and waters around her. Then from a neighbouring thicket the mocking-bird, wildest of singers, Swinging...hung o'er the water, Shook from his little throat such»floods of delirious music, That the whole air, and the woods, and the waves seemed silent to... | |
| 1850 - 560 pages
...humming-birds flit athwart the rose-hedges, the palm-tree spreads its curtain from the wind and heat, and the mocking-bird, wildest of singers, " Swinging aloft on a willow spray that hangs o'er the water, Shakes from his little throat such floods of delirious music, That the whole... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 476 pages
...dripping oars, on the motionless water. Filled was Evangeline's heart with inexpressible sweetness. Touched by the magic spell, the sacred fountains of...light of love, as the skies and waters around her. EVANGELINE. Swinging aloft on a willow spray that hung o'er the water, Shook from his little throat... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...dripping oars, on the motionless water. Filled was Evangeline's heart with inexpressible sweetness. Touched by the magic spell, the sacred fountains of...love, as the skies and waters around her. Then from a neighbouring thicket the mocking-bird, wildest of singers, Swinging aloft on a willow-spray that hung... | |
| 1918 - 798 pages
...by the bard of Avon himself: — '• Then from a neighbouring thicket the mocking-bird, wildest o Swinging aloft on a willow spray that hung o'er the...water, Shook from his little throat such floods of delirious music, That the whole air and the woods and the waves seemed silen to listen. Plaintive at... | |
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