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... Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie - Page 152by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1893 - 181 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1848 - 476 pages
...with sylvan rivers among them, Village, and mountain, and woodlands ; and, walking under their shadow, As in the days of her youth, Evangeline rose in his...bowed her own, and murmured, " Father, I thank thee !" pp. 117—122. MABMADUKE HUTTON; OR, THE POOR RELATION. BY WILLIAM DODSWORTH, ESQ. CHAPTER XXXI.*... | |
| 1848 - 514 pages
...spoken. Vainly he strove to rise ; and Evangeline, kneeling beside him, Kissed his dying lips, and bid his head on her bosom. Sweet was the light of his...bowed her own, and murmured, " Father, I thank thee !" pp. 117—122. MARMADUKE HUTTON; <«, THE POOR RELATION. BY WILLIAM DODSWORTH, ESQ. CHAPTER XXXI.*... | |
| 1848 - 602 pages
...of hi" eyes; but it suddenly sank into darkness, As when a lamp is blown out by a gust ol wind at n casement. All was ended now, the hope, and the fear,...bowed her own, and murmured, " Father, I thank thee !" — pp. 117—122. Criticism on " Evangoline" is unnecessary. It speaks, undeniably, the genuine... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 176 pages
...suddenly sank into darkness, As when a lamp is blown out by a gust of wind at a casement. EVANGEL1NE. 151 All was ended now, the hope, and the fear and the...bowed her own, and murmured, « Father, I thank thee!" STILI st mnls the forest primeval j but far away from its shadow, Side by side, in their nameless graves,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 152 pages
...by a gust of wind at a casement. All was ended now, the hope, and the fear, and the sorrow, M ' 2I All the aching of heart, the restless, unsatisfied...bowed her own, and murmured, "Father, I thank thee!" in EVANGELINE. STILL stands the forest primeval; but far away from its shadow, Side by side, in their... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1849 - 170 pages
...but Evangeliue knelt by his bedside. Vainly he strove to whisper her name, for the accents unutlered Died on his lips, and their motion revealed what his...once more the lifeless head to her bosom, Meekly she howed her own, and murmured, " Father, I thank thee ! " STIH stands the forest primeval ; but far away... | |
| 432 pages
...heart, the restless, unsatisfied longing, All the dull, deep pain, and constant anguish of patience t And, as she pressed once more the lifeless head to...Meekly she bowed her own, and murmured, " Father, 1 thank thee I " We would call particular attention to this edition of Longfellow's poems as containining... | |
| Eliza Cook - 1849 - 432 pages
...dull, deep pain, and constant anguish of patience I And, as she pressed once more the lifeless head lo her bosom, Meekly she bowed her own, and murmured, " Father, I thank th'rs I " Via would call particular attention to this edition of Longfellow's poems as containining... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 476 pages
...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...she bowed her own, and murmured, " Father, I thank thec ! " STILL stands the forest primeval ; but far away from its shadow, Side by side, in their nameless... | |
| Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1850 - 560 pages
...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...bowed her own, and murmured, ' Father, I thank Thee!'" Thus ends Evangeline. We have been led by the beauty of the narrative, by an unwillingness to do it... | |
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