 Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the way-side, Black, yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses ! Sweet was her breath as the breath of kine...  Evangeline: a Tale of Acadia - Page 10by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 95 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...covered with snow-flakes ; White as the snow were his locks, and his cheeks as brown as the oak-leaves. ock, Came on the shining levels of the lake. Iwrry that grows ол the thorn by the wayside, Black, yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1872 - 730 pages
...covered with snow-flakes; White as the snow were his locks, and his cheeks as lirown as the oak-leaves. Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers....When in the harvest heat she bore to the reapers at noontide Flagons of home-brewed ale, ah ! fair in sooth was the maiden. Faifer was she when, on Sunday... | |
 | Noble Kibby Royse - 1872 - 376 pages
...description of his heroine : EVANGELINE. FAIR was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen surrlmers. Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the...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, on Sunday... | |
 | Noble Kibby Royse - 1872 - 382 pages
...homeliness that is irresistibly charming. '; We quote the poet's description of his heroine : EVANGELINE. FAIR was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers....breath as the breath of kine that feed in the meadows. \A~hen in the harvest heat she bore to the reapers at noontide Flagons of home-brewed ale, ah! fair... | |
 | 1872 - 900 pages
...covered with snow-flakes ; White as the snow were his locks, and his cheeks as brown ns the oak-leaves. ! 550 DESCRIPTIVE POEMS. Sweet was her breath as the breath of kine that feed in the meadows, When... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1873 - 906 pages
...covered with snow-flakes ; White as the snow were his locks, and his cheeks as brown as the oak -leaves. K SfTS?mJ 1 оь the thorn by the wayside, Black, yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses... | |
 | Pádraig Ó Seaghdha - 1878 - 462 pages
...covered with snow-flakes; White as the snow were his locks, and his cheeks as brown as the oak-leaves. Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were hor eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside, Black, yet how softly they gleamed, beneath... | |
 | james r. osgood and company - 1875 - 382 pages
...lived in abundance." The poet then describes " the gentle Evangeline, the pride of the village." " Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers,...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, on Sunday... | |
 | Maritime provinces - 1875 - 412 pages
...The poet then describes " the gentle Evangeline, the pride of the village." " Fair was she tobehold, that maiden of seventeen summers, Black were her eyes...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, on Sunday... | |
 | Moses Foster Sweetser - 1875 - 366 pages
...lived in abundance." The poet then describes " the gentle Evangeline, the pride of the village." " Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers,...yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade cf her tresses ! Sweet was her breath as the breath of kine that feed in the meadows. When in the harvest... | |
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