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 [in verse]. - Page 150by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1849Full view - About this book
| 1848 - 572 pages
...strove to rise, and Evangeline, kneeling beside him, Ktss'd his >iving lips, and laid hi - head in her bosom. Sweet was the light of his eyes ; but it...is blown out by a gust of wind at a casement. All is over, and Evangeline is left to her meek resignation. The tomb of the lovers still exists, unknown... | |
| 1848 - 636 pages
...he strove to rise, and Evangeline, kneeling beside him, KissM his dying lips, and laid his head in her bosom. Sweet was the light of his eyes; but it...is blown out by a gust of wind at a casement. All is over, and Evangeline is left to her meek resignation. The tomb of the lovers still exists, unknown... | |
| 1848 - 514 pages
...but Evangeline knelt by his bedside. Vainly he strove to whisper her name, for the accents unuttered Died on his lips, and their motion revealed what his...Evangeline, kneeling beside him, Kissed his dying lips, and bid his head on her bosom. Sweet was the light of his eyes ; but it suddenly sank into darkness, As... | |
| 1848 - 602 pages
...hut Evangeline knell by his bedside. Vainly he strove to whisper her name, for the accents unuttered Died on his lips, and their motion revealed what his...tongue would have spoken. Vainly he strove to rise; and Evangelinc, kneeling beside him. Kissed his dying lips, and laid his head on her bosom. Sweet was the... | |
| 1848 - 1390 pages
...pillows :" it is ' Tabriel ! He just recognizes her, and then the light of his eyes suddenly sinks into darkness, " as when a lamp is blown out by a gust of wind at a casement." She bows her head ; the long agony is over now, and the story ends with her saying, 'Father, I thank... | |
| Eliza Cook - 1849 - 432 pages
...space has obliged us to pass over. w Vainly he strove to whisper her name, for the accents unuttered Died on his lips, and their motion revealed what his...Vainly he strove to rise ; and Evangeline kneeling heside him, Kissed his dying lips, and laid his head on her bosom ; Sweet was the light of his eyes,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 476 pages
...but Evangeline knelt by his bedside. Vainly he strove to whisper her name, for the accents unuttered Died on his lips, and their motion revealed what his...lamp is blown out by a gust of wind at a casement. EVANGELINE. All was ended now, the hope, and the fear, and the sorrow, All the aching of heart, the... | |
| Thomas Powell - 1850 - 380 pages
...but Evangeline knelt by his bedside. Vainly he strove to whisper her name, for the accents unuttered Died on his lips, and their motion revealed what his...lamp is blown out by a gust of wind at a casement." Thus ends the most elaborated of Mr. Longfellow's poems, and it is one, perhaps, on which he most prides... | |
| Thomas Powell - 1850 - 384 pages
...with sylvan rivers among them, Viilage, and mountain, and woodlands ; and, walking under their shadow, Died on his lips, and their motion revealed what his...lamp is blown out by a gust of wind at a casement." Thus ends the most elaborated of Mr. Longfellow's poems, and it is one, perhaps, on which he most prides... | |
| Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1850 - 560 pages
...but Evangeline knelt by his bedside. Vainly he strove to whisper her name, for the accents unuttered Died on his lips, and their motion revealed what his...Kissed his 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... | |
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