Spreading afar and unfenced o'er the plain, and away to the northward Blomidon rose, and the forests old, and aloft on the mountains Sea-fogs pitched their tents, and mists from the mighty Atlantic Looked on the happy valley, but ne'er from their station... Evangeline: a Tale of Acadia - Page 8by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 95 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1860 - 834 pages
...French happy. Still a remnant exists of its French population ; and here and there an old house, " with frames of oak and of chestnut, such as the peasants of Normandy built in the reigns of the Henries, bears witness to the nationality of its founder. They are, however, generally... | |
| 1848 - 476 pages
...mists from the mighty Atlantic Looked on the happy valley, but ne'er from their station descended. There, in the midst of its farms, reposed the Acadian...protected and shaded the door-way. There in the tranquil evemngs of summer, when brightly the sunset Lighted the village street, and gilded the vanes on the... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 180 pages
...mists from the mighty Atlantic Looked on the happy valley, but ne'er from their station descended. There, in the midst of its farms, reposed the Acadian...Henries. Thatched were the roofs, with dormer-windows ; Over the basement below protected and shaded the door-way. There in the tranquil evenings of summer,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 176 pages
...mists from the mighty Atlantic Looked on the happy valley, but ne'er from their station descended. There, in the midst of its farms. reposed the Acadian...Strongly built were the houses, with frames of oak and chestnut, Such as the peasants of Normandy built in the reign of the Henries. Thatched were the roofs,... | |
| 1848 - 602 pages
...mists from the mighty Atlantic Looked on the happy valley, but ne'er from their station descended. There, in the midst of its farms, reposed the Acadian...Strongly built were the houses, with frames of oak and ol Chestnut, Such as the peasants of Normandy built in the reign of ihe Henries. Thatched were the... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 476 pages
...mists from the mighty Atlantic Looked on the happy valley, but ne'er from their station descended. There, in the midst of its farms, reposed the Acadian...Henries. Thatched were the roofs, with dormer-windows ; Over the basement below protected and shaded the door-way. There in the tranquil evenings of summer,... | |
| Thomas Powell - 1850 - 384 pages
...mists from the mighty Atlantic Looked on the happy valley, but ne'er from their station descended. There, in the midst of its farms, reposed the Acadian...Strongly built were the houses, with frames of oak and chestnut, Such as the peasants of Normandy built in the reign of the Henries. The closing line is an... | |
| Thomas Powell - 1850 - 380 pages
...mists from the mighty Atlantic Looked on the happy valley, but ne'er from their station descended. There, in the midst of its farms, reposed the Acadian...Strongly built were the houses, with frames of oak and chestnut, Such as the peasants of Normandy built in the reign of the Henries. The closing line is an... | |
| 1853 - 496 pages
...mists from the mighty Atlantic Looked on the happy valley, but ne'er from their station descended. There, in the midst of its farms, reposed the Acadian...Strongly built were the houses, with frames of oak and of chesmit, Such as the peasants of Normandy built in the reign of the Henries. Thatched were the roofs,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1854 - 124 pages
...mists from the mighty Atlantic Looked on the happy valley, but ne'er from their station descended. There, in the midst of its farms, reposed the Acadian...with dormer-windows ; and gables projecting Over the hasement below protected and shaded the door- way. There in the tranquil evenings of summer, when brightly... | |
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