 Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside, Black, yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses!  Lessons in Language and Grammar - Page 103by Horace Sumner Tarbell, Martha Tarbell - 1900Full view - About this book
 | 1848 - 780 pages
...of bathos, that we have met with, since we read Martinus Scriblerus on the Art of Sinking in Poetry. "Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen...the berry that grows on the thorn by the way-side, Black, yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses ! Sweet was her breath a»... | |
 | 1848 - 628 pages
...with him, directing hit household, i ientle Kvangeline lived. his child, and the pride of the village. Stalworth and stately in form was the man of seventy winters ; Hearty and hale was he, an oak that was covered with snow-flakes ; White aa the snow were his locks, and his cheeks as brown as the oak... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 180 pages
...with him, directing his household, Gentle Evangeline lived, his child, and the pride of the village. Stalworth and stately in form was the man of seventy...the berry that grows on the thorn by the way-side, Black, yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses ! Sweet was her breath as... | |
 | 1848 - 476 pages
...fanner of Grand-Pre ; with him — " Gentle Evangeline lived, his child, and the pride of the village. Stalworth and stately in form was the man of seventy...was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Elack were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn t>7 "^ way-side, Black, yet how softly they... | |
 | 1848 - 514 pages
...Grand-Pre ; with him — " Gentle Evangeline lived, his child, and the pride of the village. Stal worth and stately in form was the man of seventy winters...as the snow were his locks, and his cheeks as brown aa the oak-leaves. Pair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were her eyes as... | |
 | 1848 - 734 pages
...village. Stalworth and stately in form was the man of seventy winters ; Hearty and hale was he, as an oak that is covered with snow-flakes ; White as...was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. 1848.] Evangeline. [Feb., Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the way-side,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 176 pages
...and the pride of the village. Stnlworth and stately in form was the man of seventy winters; lieurty and hale was he, an oak that is covered with snow-flakes;...snow were his locks, and his cheeks as brown as the oak leaves. Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers; Black were her eyes as the herry... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 152 pages
...with him, directing his household, Gentle Evangeline lived, his child, and the pride of the village. Stalworth and stately in form was the man of seventy...he, an oak that is covered with snow-flakes; White aa the snow were his locks, and his cheeks as brown as the oak-leaves. Fair was she to behold, that... | |
 | 1848 - 602 pages
...Evangeline lived, his child, and the pride of the village. Stalworth and stately in form was the man ol seventy winters ; Hearty and hale was he, an oak that...snow-flakes; White as the snow were his locks, and bis cheeks as brown as the oak-leaves. Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers Black... | |
 | 1848 - 1390 pages
...with him, directing his household, Gentle Evangeline lived, his child, and the pride of the village. Stalworth and stately in form was the man of seventy winters ; Hearty and hale was he, as an oak that is covered with snow-flakes ; , White as the snow were his locks, and his checks as... | |
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