 ... wearing her Norman cap, and her kirtle of blue, and the ear-rings, brought in the olden time from France, and since, as an heirloom, handed down from mother to child, through long generations. But a celestial brightness — a more ethereal beauty...  Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Page 124by Eric Sutherland Robertson - 1887 - 177 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 634 pages
...meadows. When in the harvest heat she bore to the reapers at noontide Flagons of home-brewed ale, ah ! fair in sooth was the maiden. Fairer was she when,...passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music. Firmly builded with rafters of oak, the house of the farmer Stood on the side of a hill commanding... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 630 pages
...missal, Wearing her Xornian cap, and her kirtle of blue, and the ear-rings, Brought in the olden time from France, and since, as an heirloom, Handed down...passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. EVANGELINE ON THE PRAIRIE. FROM " EVANGELINE." BEAUTIFUL was the night.... | |
 | William Dwight Whitney - 1877 - 296 pages
...missal, Wearing her Norman cap, and her kirtle of blue, and the earrings Brought in the olden time from France, and since, as an heirloom, Handed down...her. When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing 7 of exquisite music. 1 362a. a Either who or (hey is strictly superfluous. s 448. 4 Repetition of... | |
 | William Dwight Whitney - 1877 - 296 pages
...missal, Wearing her Norman cap, and her kirtle of blue, and the earrings Brought in the olden time from France, and since, 'as an heirloom, Handed down...upon her. When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing7 of exquisite music. 1 362a. 9 Either who or they is strictly superfluous. • 448. 4 Repetition... | |
 | William Dwight Whitney - 1877 - 304 pages
...missal, Wearing her Norman cap, and her kirtle of blue, and the earrings Brought in the olden time from France, and since, as an heirloom, Handed down...walked, with God's benediction upon her. When she bad passed, it seemed like the ceasing 7 of exquisite music. 1 362a. 2 Either who or they is strictly... | |
 | William B. Cairns - 1912 - 520 pages
...a device too far, as often in "Hiawatha," and in the sibilant line often quoted from "Evangeline," When she had passed it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music. On the other hand his taste never failed him altogether; and often his verses have a haunting quality... | |
 | Alfred E. Chirm - 1912 - 300 pages
...a multitude, is dear old John, and an anchor in time of storm." 23 II I THE INCARNATION OF AN IDEAL When she had passed it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music. Longfellow THE two friends left the clubhouse and descended to the lake where Burton again paused to... | |
 | Mary E. Doyle - 1913 - 240 pages
...missal, Wearing her Norman cap, and her kirtle of blue, and the earrings, Brought in the olden time from France, and since, as an heirloom, Handed down...passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music. Firmly builded with rafters of oak, the house of the farmer Stood on the side of a hill commanding... | |
 | William Stebbing - 1913 - 448 pages
...sweeter maiden, equal alike to joy and tears : Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers ; But a celestial brightness — a more ethereal beauty...had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.2 Purists could bring no graver reproach than the hexameters. Hiawatha, notwithstanding its hendecasyllables,... | |
 | W. C. Smith - 1913 - 194 pages
...Dante. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic. Homeward serenely she walked with God's benediction...passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music. Silently one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots... | |
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