 Friendless, homeless, hopeless, they wandered from city to city, From the cold lakes of the North to sultry Southern savannas, — From the bleak shores of the sea to the lands where the Father of Waters Seizes the hills in his hands, and drags them down...  Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie - Page 48by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1854 - 102 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1848 - 572 pages
...dreary wanderings, roam, — From the bleak shores of the sea to the lands where the Father of Waters Seizes the hills in his hands, and drags them down to the ocean, Deep in their sands to bury the scatter'd bones of the mammoth. In another place, the descent of an American river is described, with... | |
 | 1848 - 636 pages
...dreary wanderings, roam — From the bleak shores of the sea to the lands where the Father of Waters Seizes the hills in his hands, and drags them down...sands to bury the scattered bones of the mammoth. In another place, the descent of an American river is described, with its scenery : — Now through... | |
 | 1848 - 544 pages
...homes ; and many despairing, heart-broken, Asked of the earth but a grave, and no longer a friend or a fireside. Written their history stands on tablets of stone in the churchyard, Long among them was seen a maiden who waited and wandered, Lowly and meek in spirit and... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 476 pages
...sultry Southern savannas, — From the bleak shores of the sea to the lands where the Father of Waters Seizes the hills in his hands, and drags them down...church-yards. Long among them was seen a maiden who waited .Lowly and meek in spirit, and patiently suffering all things. Fair was she and young ; but, alas !... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1850 - 560 pages
...have leen taken." In Sam Slick, the illustration would be capital. So, " Where the Father of Waters Seizes the hills in his hands, and drags them down to the ocean." And that morning in June, with all its music and sunshine, is too fantastic and improbable, though... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 470 pages
...sultry Southern savannas, — From the hleak shores of the sea to the lands where the Father of Waters Seizes the hills in his hands, and drags them down to the ocean, Deep in their sands to bury die scattered bones of the mammoth. Friends they sought and homes ; and many, despairing, heart-broken,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1854 - 472 pages
...sultry Southern savannas, — From the bleak shores of the sea to the lands where the Father of Waters Seizes the hills in his hands, and drags them down...among them was seen a maiden who waited and wandered, i Lowly and meek in spirit, and patiently suffering all things. Fair was she and young ; but, alas... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1854 - 174 pages
...sultry Southern savannas, — From the bleak shores of the sea to the lands where the Father of Waters Seizes the hills in his hands, and drags them down...church-yards. Long among them was seen a maiden who waited Lowly and meek in spirit, and patiently suffering all things. Fair was she and young ; but, alas !... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 pages
...southern savannahs, — From the bleak shores of the sea to the lands where the Father of Waters Seizcs the hills in his hands, and drags them down to the ocean, Deep in their sands to bury the scattered boncs of the mammoth. Friends they sought and homes; and many, despairing, heart-broken, Asked of the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1856 - 432 pages
...sultry Southern savannas, — From the bleak shores of the sea to the lands where the Father of Waters Seizes the hills in his hands, and drags them down...the earth but a grave, and no longer a friend nor n fireside. Written their history stands on tablets of stone in the church-yards. Long among them was... | |
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