 Then from a neighboring thicket the mocking-bird, wildest of singers, Swinging aloft on a willow spray that hung o'er the water, Shook from his little throat such floods of delirious music, That the whole air and the woods and the waves seemed silent...  Evangeline - Page 64by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1856 - 101 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1848 - 780 pages
...floods of delirious music, That the whole air, and the woods, and the waves, seemed silent to listen. Plaintive at first were the tones, and sad : then...follow or guide the revel of frenzied Bacchantes, Then single notes were heard in sorrowful, low lamentation; Till, having gathered them all, he flung... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1848 - 538 pages
...to madness Seemed they to follow or guide the revel of frenzied Bacchantes. Then single notes were heard, in sorrowful, low lamentation ; Till, having...rattling rain in a crystal shower on the branches." — pp. 104, 105. We must quote the concluding lines : — " Still stands the forest primeval ; but... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...floods of delirious music, That the whole air and the woods and the waves seemed silent to listen. Plaintive at first were the tones and sad ; then soaring...follow or guide the revel of frenzied Bacchantes. ill, having gathered them all, he flung them abroad in derision ; As when, after a storm, a gust of... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 pages
...floods of dclicious tnusic, That the whole air and the woods and the waves seemed silent to listen. Plaintive at first were the tones and sad; then soaring to madness Seemed they to follow or giiide the revels of frenzied Bacchantes. Then single notes were heard, in sorrowful, low lamentation;... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 568 pages
...floods of delirious music, That the whole air and the woods and the waves seemed silent to listen. Plaintive at first were the tones and sad ; then soaring...Seemed they to follow or guide the revel of frenzied Buchantes. Single notes were then heard, in sorrowful, low lamentation ; Till, having gathered them... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1855 - 474 pages
...Bucchaulo«. Tlicn Kmglc noicj were heard, in sorrowful, low lamentation; Till, luii inv! gathered them nil. he flung them abroad in derision, As when, after a...storm, a gust of wind through the tree-tops Shakes <lo\vu the rattling rain in a crystal shower on the branches. With such ft prelude as this, nnd hearts... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Gilbert - 1860 - 448 pages
...floods of delirious musie, That the whole air and the woods and the waves seemed silent to listen. Plaintive at first were the tones and sad ; then soaring...then heard, in sorrowful, low lamentation ; Till, Imving gathered them all, he flung them abroad in derision, As when, after a storm, a gust of wind... | |
 | English poets - 1862 - 626 pages
...floods of delirious music, That the whole air and the woods and the waves seemed silent to listen. Plaintive at first were the tones and sad ! then, soaring to madness, Seemed they to followor guide the revel of frenzied Bacchantes. Single notes were then heard, in sorrowful, low lamentation... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 492 pages
...floods of delirious music, That the whole air and the woods arid the waves seemed silent to listen. Plaintive at first were the tones and sad ; then soaring...Till, having gathered them all, he flung them abroad m derision, As when, after a storm, a gust of wind through the tree-tops Shakes down the rattling rain... | |
 | William Turner Coggeshall - 1863 - 350 pages
...floods of delicious music, That the whole air, and the woods, and the waves, seemed silent to listen. Plaintive at first were the tones, and sad ; then...low lamentation ; Till, having gathered them all, he Sung them abroad iu derision." (24) The restless girl listened, enraptured, feeling that, in the natural... | |
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