 Swinging from its great arms, the trumpetflower and the grapevine Hung their ladder of ropes aloft like the ladder of Jacob, On whose pendulous stairs the angels ascending, descending, Were the swift humming-birds, that flitted from blossom to blossom....  Evangeline: a tale [in verse]. - Page 93by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1849Full view - About this book
 | Daniel Dennett - 1876 - 302 pages
...Were the swift humming birds, that flitted from blossom to blossom. Such was the vision Evangeline saw as she slumbered beneath it, Filled was her heart...soul in sleep with the glory of regions celestial, **** **#**. Father Felician to Evangeline: Gabriel truly is near thee; for not far away to the southward,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 634 pages
...descending, Were the swift humming-birds that flitted from blossom to blossom. Such was the vision Evangeline saw as she slumbered beneath it. Filled was her heart...light, swift boat, that sped away o'er the water, tTrged on its course by the sinewy arms of hunters and trappers. Northward its prow was turned, to... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 660 pages
...descending, Were the swift humming-birds that flitted from blossom to blossom. Such was the vision Evangeline saw as she slumbered beneath it. Filled was her heart...sinewy arms of hunters and trappers. Northward its prow waa turned, to the land of the bison and beaver. At the helm sat a youth, with countenance thoughtful... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 442 pages
...Were the swift humming-birds, that flitted from blossom to blossom. Such was the vision Evangeline saw as she slumbered beneath it. Filled was her heart...sleep with the glory of regions celestial. Nearer, ever nearer, among the numberless islands, Darted a light, swift boat, that sped away o'er the water,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth [extracts] Longfellow - 1878 - 306 pages
...self-possess'd, Youthful, and beautiful, and simply dress'd. Tales of a Wayside Inn — Lady Wentworth. Filled was her heart with love, and the dawn of an...soul in sleep with the glory of regions celestial. Ecangeline — Part 8, 2. October 11. Behold ! the hill-tops all a-glow, With purple and with amethyst... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1879 - 294 pages
...Were the swift humming-birds, that flitted from blossom to blossom. Such was the vision Evangeline saw as she slumbered beneath it. Filled was her heart...sleep with the glory of regions celestial. Nearer, ever nearer, among the numberless islands. Darted a light, swift boat, that sped away o'er the water,... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 474 pages
...the dawn of an opening heaven Lighted her soul in sleep with the glory of regions celestial. Nearer, ever nearer, among the numberless islands, Darted...course by the sinewy arms of hunters and trappers. 830 Northward its prow was turned, to the land of the bison and beaver. At the helm sat a youth, with... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 596 pages
...flitted from blossom to blossom. Such was the vision Evangeline saw as she slumbered beneath it. 825 Filled was her heart with love, and the dawn of an...sleep with the glory of regions celestial. Nearer, ever nearer, among the numberless islands, Darted a light, swift boat, that sped away o'er the water,... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1879 - 474 pages
...flitted from blossom to blossom. Such was the vision Evangeline saw as she slumbered beneath it. 825 Filled was her heart with love, and the dawn of an...sleep with the glory of regions celestial. Nearer, ever nearer, among the numberless islands, Darted a light, swift boat, that sped away o'er the water,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1880 - 584 pages
...humming-birds, that flitted from blossom to blossom. Such was the vision Evangeline saw as she slumbered btneath it. Filled was her heart with love, and the dawn of...sleep with the glory of regions celestial. Nearer, ever nearer, among the numberless islands, Darted a light, swift boat, that sped away o'er the water,... | |
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