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" Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests on the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone, which the swallow Brings from the shore of the sea to restore the sight of its fledglings; Lucky was he who found that stone in the nest of... "
Evangeline: a tale [in verse]. - Page 21
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848
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American Literary Magazine, Volumes 1-3

1847 - 1230 pages
...they glided awny o'er the meadow. Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests on the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone, which...of the sea to restore the sight of its fledglings." The marriage contract is signed ; the old men discuss the meaning of the order issued by the English...
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The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume 30

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1847 - 672 pages
...they glided awny o'er the meadow. Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests on tho rafters, seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone, which...from the shore of the sea to restore the sight of it fledglings; lucky was he wht> found that stone in the nest of the swallow !' The incidental picture...
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The Metropolitan, Volume 52

1848 - 476 pages
...they glided away o'er the meadow. Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests on the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone, which...of the sea to restore the sight of its fledglings ; I/ucky was he who found that atone in the nest of the swallow ! Thus passed a few swift years, and...
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Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age, Volume 15

1848 - 602 pages
...they glided away o'er the meadow. Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests on the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone, which the swallow Brings from the shore of the sea to teslore the sight of its fledglings; Lucky was he who found that stone in the nest of the swallow!...
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The Western Literary Messenger, Volume 10

1848 - 812 pages
...that wondrous etooe, which the swallow brings from the shore of the sea :o restore the sight of i is fledglings ; lucky was he who found that stone in the nest of the swallow !" Much as Evangeline has been praised, we ?incerly hope no other American poet will fall into hexameters....
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The American Literary Magazine, Volumes 1-2

1848 - 832 pages
...they glided away o'er the meadow. Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests on the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone, which the swallow Brings from the chore of the sea to restore the sight of its fledglings." The marriage contract is signed ; the old...
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The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...they glided away o'er the meadow. Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests on the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone, which...Brings from the shore of the sea to restore the sight Lucky was he who found that stone in the nest of the swallow ! Thus passed a few swift years, and they...
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Notes and Queries

1852 - 672 pages
...the derivation of the name, now corrupted into Cholesbury. W. II. K Swallows' Nests. — " . . . . That wond'rous stone, which the swallow, Brings from the shore of the sea to restore the sigh of its fledglings ; Lucky was he who found that stone in the nest o the swallow 1" Longfellow's...
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Handbuch der nordamericanischen National-Literatur: Sammlung von ...

Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 pages
...they glided away o'er the meadow. Oft in the barns tbey climbed to the populous nests on the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone, which...longer were children. He was a valiant youth, and bis facc, like the face of the morning, Gladdened the earth with its light, and ripened thought into...
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The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 472 pages
...they glided away o'er the meadow. Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests on the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone, which...from the shore of the sea to restore the sight of its Lucky was he who found that stone in the nest of the swallow ! Thus passed a few swift years, and they...
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