Evangeline: A Tale of AcadieTicknor and Fields, 1854 - 163 pages |
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... with voices sad and prophetic , Stand like harpers hoar , with beards that rest on their bosoms . Loud from its rocky caverns , the deep - voiced neighbouring ocean Speaks , and in accents disconsolate answers the wail of EVANGELINE. ...
... with voices sad and prophetic , Stand like harpers hoar , with beards that rest on their bosoms . Loud from its rocky caverns , the deep - voiced neighbouring ocean Speaks , and in accents disconsolate answers the wail of EVANGELINE. ...
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... departed ! Scattered like dust and leaves , when the mighty blasts of October Seize them , and whirl them aloft , and sprinkle them far o'er the ocean . Naught but tradition remains of the beautiful vil- lage of 6 EVANGELINE .
... departed ! Scattered like dust and leaves , when the mighty blasts of October Seize them , and whirl them aloft , and sprinkle them far o'er the ocean . Naught but tradition remains of the beautiful vil- lage of 6 EVANGELINE .
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... the freshness of childhood . Peace seemed to reign upon earth , and the rest- less heart of the ocean Was for a moment consoled . in harmony blended . All sounds were Voices of children at play , the crowing of cocks 24 EVANGELINE .
... the freshness of childhood . Peace seemed to reign upon earth , and the rest- less heart of the ocean Was for a moment consoled . in harmony blended . All sounds were Voices of children at play , the crowing of cocks 24 EVANGELINE .
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... ocean , Than were our fathers in forts , besieged by the enemy's cannon . Fear no evil , my friend , and to - night may no shadow of sorrow Fall on this house and hearth ; for this is the night of the contract . Built are the house and ...
... ocean , Than were our fathers in forts , besieged by the enemy's cannon . Fear no evil , my friend , and to - night may no shadow of sorrow Fall on this house and hearth ; for this is the night of the contract . Built are the house and ...
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... ocean , Bent , but not broken , by age was the form of the notary public ; Shocks of yellow hair , like the silken floss of the maize , hung Over his shoulders ; his forehead was high ; and glasses with horn bows Sat astride on his nose ...
... ocean , Bent , but not broken , by age was the form of the notary public ; Shocks of yellow hair , like the silken floss of the maize , hung Over his shoulders ; his forehead was high ; and glasses with horn bows Sat astride on his nose ...
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Acadian peasants ACADIE accents almshouse aloft anon answer art thou ascended barns Basil the blacksmith beauty behold belfry blossoms boat bosom cheer church-yard darkness descended desert door Druids Echoed Evangeline stood Evangeline's heart eyes face farm-yard Father Felician Filled flax flocks flowers footsteps Gabriel garden gazed geline gleamed glided golden hand heard heaven herds herdsman kirtles labor land Laughed light lips Loud maiden maize meadows meek midst moon morning neighbouring night notary notary public numberless o'er oars ocean odor old French Opelousas Ozark Mountains passed patient paused Port Royal prairies priest river roof rose seemed shade shadow Shawnee shore silent Sister of Mercy slowly slumber smile snow-white sorrow soul sound spake spirit sunshine sweet tale tankard thee thought tide tremulous Unto voice waited wander weary whispered wigwam wind woodlands words
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Page 7 - Ye who believe in affection that hopes, and endures, and is patient, Ye who believe in the beauty and strength of woman's devotion, List to the mournful tradition, still sung by the pines of the forest; List to a Tale of Love in Acadie, home of the happy.
Page 59 - This is the house of the Prince of Peace, and would you profane it Thus with violent deeds and hearts overflowing with hatred? Lo! where the crucified Christ from his cross is gazing upon you! See! in those sorrowful eyes what meekness and holy compassion! Hark! how those lips still repeat the prayer, 'O Father, forgive them!
Page 89 - Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted ; If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters, returning Back to their springs, like the rain, shall fill them full of refreshment ; That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.
Page 6 - Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answers the wail of the forest. This is the forest primeval; but where are the hearts that beneath it Leaped like the roe, when he hears in the woodland the voice of the huntsman? Where is the thatch-roofed village, the home of Acadian farmers, — Men whose lives glided on like rivers that water the woodlands, Darkened by shadows of earth, but reflecting an image of heaven...
Page 24 - Desolate northern bays to the shores of tropical islands. Harvests were gathered in ; and wild with the winds of September Wrestled the trees of the forest, as Jacob of old with the angel. All the signs foretold a winter long and inclement. Bees, with prophetic instinct of want, had hoarded their honey Till the hives overflowed ; and the Indian hunters asserted Cold would the winter be, for thick was the fur of the foxes.
Page 37 - Sat astride on his nose, with a look of wisdom supernal. Father of twenty children was he, and more than a hundred Children's children rode on his knee, and heard his great watch tick.
Page 11 - There in the tranquil evenings of summer, when brightly the sunset Lighted the village street, and gilded the vanes on the chimneys, Matrons and maidens sat in snow-white caps and in kirtles Scarlet and blue and green, with distaffs spinning the golden Flax for the gossiping looms, whose noisy shuttles within doors she. Mingled their sound with the whir of the wheels and the songs of the maidens.
Page 57 - Flushed was his face and distorted with passion ; and wildly he shouted, — "Down with the tyrants of England ! we never have sworn them allegiance ! Death to these foreign soldiers, who seize on our homes and our harvests!
Page 163 - Only along the shore of the mournful and misty Atlantic Linger a few Acadian peasants, whose fathers from exile Wandered back to their native land to die in its bosom. In the fisherman's Cot the wheel and the loom are still busy ; Maidens still wear their Norman caps and their kirtles of homespun, And by the evening fire repeat Evangeline's story, While from its rocky caverns the deep-voiced, neighboring ocean Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answers the wail of the forest.
Page 12 - Mingled their sound with the whir of the wheels and the songs of the maidens. Solemnly down the street came the parish priest, and the children Paused in their play to kiss the hand he extended to bless them.