 ... 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 follow or guide the revel of frenzied Bacchantes. Single notes were then heard, in sorrowful,...  Poems - Page 50by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864Full view - About this book
 | 1848 - 780 pages
...to follow or guide the revel of frenzied Bacchantes, Then single notes were heard in sorrowful, low lamentation; Till, having gathered them all, he flung...As when, after a storm, a gust of wind through the tieetops Shakes down the rattling rain in a crystal shower on the branches." Where is there a prettier... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 176 pages
...to follow or guide the revel of frenzied Bacchantes. Then single notes were heard, in sorrowful, low lamentation; Till, having gathered them all, he flung...Teche, where it flows through the green Opelousas, Andthrough the amber air, above the crest of Saw the column of smoke that arose from a neighbouring... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 180 pages
...to follow or guide the revel of frenzied Bacchantes. Then single notes were heard, in sorrowful, low lamentation ; Till, having gathered them all, he flung...branches. With such a prelude as this, and hearts that Slowly they entered the Teche, where it flows through the green Opelousas, And through the amber air,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1848 - 538 pages
...to follow or guide the revel of frenzied Bacchantes. Then single notes were heard, in sorrowful, low lamentation ; Till, having gathered them all, he flung...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 - 1848 - 182 pages
...to follow or guide the revel of frenzied Bacchantes. Then single notes were heard, in sorrowful, low lamentation ; Till, having gathered them all, he flung...As when, after a storm, a gust of wind through the tree- tops Shakes down the rattling rain in a crystal shower on the branches. With such a prelude as... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 476 pages
...to follow or guide the revel of frenzied Bacchantes. Single notes were then heard, in sorrowful, low lamentation ; Till, having gathered them all, he flung...prelude as this, and hearts that throbbed with emotion, n Slowly they entered the Teche, where it flows through the green Opelousas, And through the amber... | |
 | Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1850 - 560 pages
...island, with a screen of palmettos between them ; and Evangeline dreamed that Gabriel had been near her. Slowly they entered the Teche, where it flows through the green Opelousas, and saw, near to the bank of the river, secluded and still, the house of a herdsman. " A garden Girded... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...sad ; then soaring to madness Seemed they to follow or guide the revel of frenzied Bacchantes. ill, having gathered them all, he flung them abroad in...storm, a gust of wind through the tree-tops Shakes uown the rattling rain in a crystal shower on the branches. With such a prelude as this, and hearts... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1854 - 472 pages
...to follow or guide the revel of frenzied Bacchantes. Single notes were then heard, in sorrowful, low lamentation ; Till, having gathered them all, he flung...prelude as this, and hearts that throbbed with emotion, t Slowly they entered the Teche, where it flows through the green Opelousas, And through the amber... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1854 - 174 pages
...to follow or guide the revel of frenzied Bacchantes. Single notes were then heard, in sorrowful, low lamentation ; Till, having gathered them all, he flung...branches. With such a prelude as this, and hearts that Slowly they entered the Teche, where it flows through the green Opelousas, And through the amber air,... | |
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