 Spake he, as, after the tocsin's alarum, distinctly the clock strikes : "What is this that ye do, my children? what madness has seized you? Forty years of my life have I labored among you, and taught you, Not in word alone, but in deed, to love one another...  Evangeline : a Tale of Acadie - Page 42by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 122 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1880 - 494 pages
...have blown over." Poor thoughtless Bob ! he little anticipated the result of his joke. CHAPTER III. " What is this that ye do, my children ? What madness has seized you ?" ****»»** " Is this the fruit of my toils, my vigils, and prayers, and privations ?" — LONOFELLOW.... | |
 | 1848 - 602 pages
...opened, and Father Felician Entered, with serious mien, and ascended the steps of the altar. Raising his reverend hand, with a gesture he awed into silence...madness has seized you ? Forty years of my life have I labored among you, and taught yon, Not in word alone, but in deed, to love one another ! Is this the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 476 pages
...opened, and Father Felician Entered, with serious mien, and ascended the steps of the altar. Raising his reverend hand, with a gesture he awed into silence...madness has seized you ? Forty years of my life have I labored among you, and taught you, Not in word alone, but in deed, to love one another ! Is this the... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1850 - 560 pages
...opened, and Father Felician Entered, with serious mien, and ascended the steps of the altar. Raising his reverend hand, with a gesture he awed into silence All that clamorous throng Few were his words of rebuke, but deep in the hearts of his people Sank they, and sobs of contrition... | |
 | 1852 - 620 pages
...opened, and Father Felician Entered with serious mien, and ascended the steps of the altar. Raising his reverend hand, with a gesture, he awed into silence...that ye do, my children ? what madness has seized you t Forty years of my life have I laboured among you and taught you, Not in the word alone, but in deed,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1852 - 610 pages
...Felician Entered with serious mien, and ascended the steps of the altar. Raising his reverend hand, witb a gesture, he awed into silence All that clamorous throng ; and thus he spake ti hie people ; )eep were his tones, and solemn ; in accents measured and mournful Spake he, as after... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 470 pages
...opened, and Father Felician Entered, with serious mien, and ascended the steps of the altar. Raising his reverend hand, with a gesture he awed into silence...madness has seized you ? Forty years of my life have I labored among you, and taught you, Not in word alone, but in deed, to love one another ! Is this the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1854 - 472 pages
...altar. Raising his reverend hand, with a gesture he awed into silence , A.11 that clamorous tnrong ; and thus he spake to his people Deep were his tones...madness has seized you ? Forty years of my life have I labored among you, and taught you, Not in word alone, but in deed, to love one another ! Is this the... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 pages
...opened, and Father Felician Entered, with serious mien, and ascended the Steps of the alter. Raising his reverend hand, with a gesture, he awed into silence...All that clamorous throng; and thus he spake to his poople; Deep worc his tones and solemn ; in accents measured and mournful Spake he, äs, after the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1854 - 174 pages
...opened, and Father Felician Entered, with serious mien, and ascended the steps of the altar. Raising his reverend hand, with a gesture he awed into silence All that clamorous throng ; and thus he spake to Deep were his tones and solemn ; in accents measured and mournful Spake he, as, after the tocsin's... | |
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