 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
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1892 - 474 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,... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1892 - 476 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 bosom. Sweet was the light of bis eyes ; but it suddenly sank into darkness, As when a lamp is blown out by a gust of wind at a casement.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1893 - 242 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...darkness, As when a lamp is blown out by a gust of wind at AH was coded now. the hope, and the fear, aid the sorrow. AH the aching of heart, the restless, unsatisfied... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1893 - 132 pages
...have spoken. Vainly he strove to rise ; and Evangeline, kneeling beside him, I •I .•• • Ire Kissed his dying lips, and laid his head on her bosom. Sweet was the light of h!s eyes ; but it suddenly sank into darkness, As when a lamp is blown out by a gust of wind at a casement.... | |
 | Detroit Museum of Art - 1895 - 52 pages
...Vanished the vision away, but Evangeline knelt by his bedside. Vainly he strove to rise; and Evangeline, kneeling beside him, Kissed his dying lips, and laid...As when a lamp is blown out by a gust of wind at a easement. Canvas: h. 69 In., 1. 102 in. Purchased from the artist by Bela Hubbard and presented by... | |
 | Frederick Henry Sykes - 1895 - 690 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...suddenly sank into darkness, As when a lamp is blown out hy a gust of wind at a 1375 casement. All was ended now, the hope, and the fear, and the sorrow, All... | |
 | Arthur MacDonald - 1895 - 210 pages
...cannot but notice how amply these prayers have been met. Owing to a heart affliction, Mr. died suddenly, as when a lamp is blown out by a gust of wind, and I, having lost in him the truest friend, could only press in death the lifeless head to my bosom,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1896 - 392 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...As when a lamp is blown out by a gust of wind at a All was ended now, the hope, and the fear, and the sorrow, All the aching of heart, the restless, unsatisfied... | |
 | R. McWilliam - 1897 - 176 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. Within the next few years Longfellow wrote ' Kavanagh,' a beautiful little prose romance of American... | |
 | William Henry Withrow - 1897 - 234 pages
...remainder of the doxology was uttered in heaven. His face grew radiant, he half rose from his pillow, " Sweet was the light of his eyes, but it suddenly sank...lamp is blown out by a gust of wind at a casement." He fell back on the arm of his weeping wife. On his countenance rested a look of ineffable peace, as... | |
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