 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, low...  Evangeline: a Tale of Acadia - Page 62by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 95 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1848 - 780 pages
...to madness Seemed they to follow or guide the revel of frenzied Bacchantes, Then single notes were heard in sorrowful, low lamentation; Till, having...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 - 180 pages
...to madness Seemed they to follow or guide the revel of frenzied Bacchantes. Then single notes were heard, in sorrowful, low lamentation ; Till, having...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 madness Seemed they to follow or guide the revel of frenzied Bacchantes. Then single notes were heard, in sorrowful, low lamentation ; Till, having...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 madness Seemed they to follow or guide the revel of frenzied Bacchantes. Then single notes were heard, in sorrowful, low lamentation ; Till, having...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
...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...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... | |
 | 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
...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...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
...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...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,... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 pages
...to madness Seemed they to follow or giiide the revels of frenzied Bacchantes. Then single notes were heard, in sorrowful, low lamentation; Till, having...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 äs... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 568 pages
...notes were heard in sorrowful low lamentation ; Till, having gsthered them all, he Sung them abrosd in derision, As when, after a storm, a gust of wind...rattling rain in a crystal shower on the branches." Then again, what a fine illustration of a mystery in human experience does he borrow from the botany... | |
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