 Died on his lips, and their motion revealed what his tongue would have spoken. Vainly he strove to rise ; and Evangeline, kneeling beside him, Kissed his dying lips, and laid his head on her bosom. Sweet was the light of his eyes; but it suddenly sank...  The North American Review - Page 204edited by - 1848Full view - About this book
 | Eric L. Haralson, John Hollander - 1998 - 598 pages
...providentially discovers the aged Gabriel on his deathbed: Vainly he strove to rise; and Evangeline, kneeling beside him, Kissed his dying lips, and laid...lamp is blown out by a gust of wind at a casement. "It is impossible in this unsentimental age to imagine or understand" how Evangeline was received by... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1894 - 728 pages
...their motion revealed what his tongue would have spoken. Vainly he strove to rise ; and Evangeline, kneeling beside him, Kissed his dying lips, and laid...is blown out by a gust of wind at a casement. All the dull, deep pain, and constant anguish of patience ! And, as she pressed once more the lifeless... | |
 | 1899 - 336 pages
...their motion revealed what his tongue would have spoken. Vainly he strove to rise ; and Evangeline, kneeling beside him, Kissed his dying lips, and laid...lamp is blown out by a gust of wind at a casement. And, as she pressed once more the lifeless head to her bosom, Meekly she bowed her own, and murmured,... | |
 | Leroy E. Armstrong - 1916 - 408 pages
...their motion revealed what his tongue would have spoken. Vainly he strove to rise ; and Evangeline, kneeling beside him, Kissed his dying lips, and laid...lamp is blown out by a gust of wind at a casement. 1375 All was ended now, the hope, and the fear, and the sorrow, All the aching of heart, the restless,... | |
 | 1914 - 1034 pages
...releases her both from the joys and sorrows of this world and she passes into a better world beyond. "All was ended now, the hope, and the fear, and the sorrow, All the aching of the Heart, the restless, unsatisfied longing, All the dull, deep pain, and constant anguish of patience... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1848 - 628 pages
...recognition, followed by the immediate death of Gabriel, who passed out of this world, we are informed, " As when a lamp is blown out by a gust of - wind at a casement." I Such is the production which a grave scholar, a man of genius, and ripe years, has, for reasons best... | |
 | 298 pages
...their motion revealed what his tongue would have spoken. Vainly he strove to rise ; and Evangeline, kneeling beside him, Kissed his dying lips, and laid his head on her hosom. Sweet was the light of his eyes ; but it suddenly sunk into darkness, As when a lamp is blown... | |
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