Soon were lost in a maze of sluggish and devious waters, Which, like a network of steel, extended in every direction. Over their heads the towering and tenebrous boughs of the cypress Met in a dusky arch, and trailing mosses in mid-air Waved like banners... Littell's Living Age - Page 3781849Full view - About this book
| 1860 - 834 pages
...Acadian exiles threaded, and the description of which I recalled with interest as I passed among them. " They too swerved from their course ; and, entering...direction. Over their heads the towering and tenebrous l>oughs of the cypress Mot in a dusky arch, and trailing mosses in mid-air Waved like banners that... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 176 pages
...Coast, and groves of orange and citron, Sweeps with majestic curve the river away to the eastward. They, too, swerved from their course; and, entering...heads the towering and tenebrous boughs of the cypress Ml in a dusky arch, and trailing mosses in mid air Vaved like banners that hang on the walls of ancient... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 128 pages
...Coast, and groves of orange and citron, Sweeps with majestic curve the river away to the eastward. They, too, swerved from their course ; and, entering the Bayou of Plaquemine, Soon w ere lost in a maze of sluggish and devious waters, Which, like a network of steel, extended in every... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...Coast, and groves of orange and citron, Sweeps with majestic curve the river away to the eastward. They, too, swerved from their course; and, entering...heads the towering and tenebrous boughs of the cypress Waved like banners that hang on the walls of ancient cathedrals. Deathlike the silence seemed, and... | |
| 1918 - 798 pages
...away to the eastward, They, too, swerved from their course ; and, entering the BIJTOQ of Flaqnemine, Soon were lost in a maze' of sluggish and devious...their heads the towering and tenebrous boughs of the cyprai Met in a dusky arch, and trailing mosses in mid air Waved like banners that hang on the walls... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1854 - 174 pages
...Coast, and groves of orange and citron, Sweeps with majestic curve the river away to the eastward. They, too, swerved from their course ; and, entering...cypress Met in a dusky arch, and trailing mosses in mid cur Waved like banners that hang on the walls of ancient cathedrals. Deathlike the silence seemed,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1854 - 124 pages
...through the Golden Coast, and groves of orange and citron, Sweeps with majestic curve the river 53 Soon were lost in a maze of sluggish and devious waters,...cypress Met in a dusky arch, and trailing mosses in mid-air Waved like hanners that hang on the walls of ancient cathedrals. Deathlike the silence seemed,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1854 - 472 pages
...Coast, and groves of orange and citron, Sweeps with majestic curve the river away to the eastward. They, too, swerved from their course ; and, entering...every direction. Over their heads the towering and tenehrous boughs of the cypress Met in a dusky arch, and trailing mosses in mid air Waved like banners... | |
| Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 pages
...coast, and groves of orange and citron, ! Sweeps with majestic curve the river away to the eastward. , They, too, swerved from their course; and, entering the Bayou of Plaquemine, Soon were they lost in a maze of sluggish and devious waters, Which, like a uetwork of steel, extended in every... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 264 pages
...Coast, and groves of orange and citron, Sweeps with majestic curve the river away to the eastward. They, too, swerved from their course ; and, entering...network of steel, extended in every direction. Over then- heads the towering and tenebrous boughs of the cypress Met in a dusky arch, and trailing mosses... | |
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