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" Vain was the hope of escape ; and cries and fierce imprecations Rang through the house of prayer ; and high o'er the heads of the others Rose, with his arms uplifted, the figure of Basil the blacksmith, As, on a stormy sea, a spar is tossed by the billows. "
Evangeline, a tale [in verse] illustr. from designs by J.E. Benham, B ... - Page 42
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1866
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Evangeline : a Tale of Acadie

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1914 - 52 pages
...imprecations Hang through the house of prayer ; and high o'er the heads of the others Rose, with his arms uplifted, the figure of Basil the blacksmith,...his face and distorted with passion ; and wildly he 455 shouted, — ' ' Down with the tyrants of England ! we never have sworn them allegiance ! Death...
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The Lakeside Literature Readers: With Notes and Questions. Seventh-[eighth ...

1915 - 316 pages
...imprecations Rang through the house of prayer; and high o'er the heads of the others, Rose, with his arms uplifted, the figure of Basil the blacksmith...his face, and distorted with passion; and wildly he 455 shouted— "Down with the tyrants of England! we never have sworn them allegiance! Death to these...
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Public Speaking for Normal and Academy Students

James Watt Raine - 1915 - 222 pages
...the field! Why stand we here idle? My son, if sinners entice thee, Consent thou not. Down with these tyrants of England! we never have sworn them allegiance!...soldiers, who seize on our homes and our harvests! The Boston Herald says that when Matthew Arnold was in Boston he was greatly interested in something...
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American Poetry

Percy Holmes Boynton - 1918 - 750 pages
...imprecations 7° Rang through the house of prayer; and high o'er the heads of the others Rose, with his arms uplifted, the figure of Basil the blacksmith,...soldiers, who seize on our homes and our harvests 1" More he fain would have said, but the merciless hand of a soldier Smote him upon the mouth, and...
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American Poetry

Percy Holmes Boynton, Howard Mumford Jones, George Sherburn, Frank Martindale Webster - 1918 - 748 pages
...imprecations 7° Rang through the house of prayer; and high o'er the heads of the others Rose, with his arms uplifted, the figure of Basil the blacksmith,...tyrants of England! we never have sworn them allegiance I Death to these foreign soldiers, who seize on our homes and our harvests !" More he fain would have...
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Hesperia: An American National Poem. I-XII, Volume 1

Harry Lyman Koopman - 1919 - 648 pages
...imprecations Rang through the house of prayer ; and high o'er the heads of the others Rose, with his arms uplifted, the figure of Basil the blacksmith,...he shouted, — " Down with the tyrants of England I we never have sworn them allegiance l Death to these foreign soldiers, who seize on our homes and...
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Junior High School Literature ...

William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1920 - 668 pages
...imprecations Rang through the house of prayer; and high o'er the heads of the others Rose, with his arms uplifted, the figure of Basil the blacksmith,...on a stormy sea, a spar is tossed by the billows. 20 Flushed was his face and distorted with passion; and wildly he shouted: "Down with the tyrants of...
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The Elson Readers..: Book 5-8 ...

William Harris Elson - 1921 - 552 pages
...imprecations 5 Rang through the house of prayer; and high o'er the heads of the others Rose, with his arms uplifted, the figure of Basil the blacksmith,...tyrants of England! We never have sworn them allegiance! 10 Death to these foreign soldiers who seize on our homes and our harvests!" More he fain would have...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1922 - 728 pages
...and wildly he shouted, — " Down with the tyrants of England 1 we never have sworn them allegiance 1 Death to these foreign soldiers, who seize on our homes and our harvests ! " More he fain wouM have said, but the merciless hand of a soldier Smote him upon the mouth, and dragged him down...
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Short Plays from American History and Literature for Classroom Use, Volume 1

Olive M. Price - 1925 - 274 pages
...Crime rides on the will of a king — and stalks in the name of the law! BASIL (loud and violently). Down with the tyrants of England! We never have sworn...these foreign soldiers, who seize on our homes and our harvest! (A soldier strikes him and drags him down to the pavement. Enter FATHER FELICIAN, who ascends...
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