 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...  Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie - Page 31by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1904 - 116 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 476 pages
...as swift as the swoop of the eagle, Down the hill-side bounding, they glided away o'er the meadow. Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests...few swift years, and they no longer were children. He was a valiant youth, and his face, like the face of the morning, Gladdened the earth with its light,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...as swift as the swoop of the eagle, Down the hill-side bounding, they glided away o'er the meadow. Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 470 pages
...swift as die swoop ' of the eagle, / Down the liill-side bounding, they glided away o'er the meadow. Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests...few swift years, and they no longer were children. He was a valiant youth, and his face, like the face of the morning, Gladdened the earth with its light,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1854 - 174 pages
...as swift as the swoop of the eagle, Down the hill-side bounding, they glided away o'er the meadow. Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests...few swift years, and they no longer were children. He was a valiant youth, and his face, like the face of the morning, Gladdened the earth with its light,... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1854 - 580 pages
...of the eagle, Down the hill-side bounding, they glided away o'er the meadow. Oft in the barns tbey climbed to the populous nests on the rafters, Seeking...few swift years, and they no longer were children. He was a valiant youth, and bis facc, like the face of the morning, Gladdened the earth with its light,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1854 - 124 pages
...eagle, Down the hill-side bounding, they glided away o'er the meadow. Oft in the barns they elimbed to the populous nests on the rafters, Seeking with...few swift years, and they no longer were children. He was a valiant youth, and his face, like the face of the morning, Gladdened the earth with its light,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 264 pages
...as swift as the swoop of the eagle, Down the hill-side bounding, they glided away o'er the meadow. Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests...few swift years, and they no longer were children. He was a valiant youth, and his face, like the face of the morning, Gladdened the earth with its light,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 568 pages
...as swift as the swoop of the Cfigle, Down the hill-side bounding, they glided away o'er the meadow. Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests...few swift years, and they no longer were children. He was a valiant youth, and his face, like the face of the morning, Gladdened the earth with its light,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 472 pages
...as swift as the swoop of the eagle, Down the hill-side bounding, they glided away o'er the meadow. Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests...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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