 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 of...  Evangeline: a tale [in verse]. - Page 21by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848Full view - About this book
 | William Jones - 1880 - 584 pages
...find on the sea-shore a stone that restored sight to the blind. Longfellow, in " Evangeline," says : " Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone which...from the shore of the sea, to restore the sight of her fledglings." THE eagle, " Jove's imperial bird," claims the sovereignty of the feathered tribes,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1881 - 754 pages
...they glided away o'er the meadow. Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests on the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone, which...passed a few swift years, and they no longer were chil dren. He was a valiant youth, and his face, like the face of the morning, Gladdened the earth... | |
 | George Roberts (of Lofthouse.) - 1882 - 460 pages
...thus alludes to this stone : — " Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests on the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone which...who found that stone in the nest of the swallow." The eagle-stone is a stone found in the nest of the eagle, and was formerly believed to have a favouring... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1886 - 698 pages
...they glided away o'er the meadow. 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 Lhe sea to restore the sight of its fledglings ; Lucky was he who found that stone in the nest of the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 550 pages
...they glided away o'er the meadow. Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests on the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone, which...his face, like the face of the morning, Gladdened thfl earth with its light, and ripened thought into action. She was a woman now, with the heart and... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1886 - 548 pages
...they glided away o'er the meadow. Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests on the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone, which...he who found that stone in the nest of the swallow I Thus passed a few swift years, and they no longer were children. He was a valiant youth, and his... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 550 pages
...they glided away o'er the meadow. Oft in the harns they climbed to the populous nests on the rafteifc Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone, which...he who found that stone in the nest of the swallow ! Tbus passed a few swift years, and they no longer were children. He was a valiant youth, and his... | |
 | Arthur Nicols - 1883 - 436 pages
...barns they climbed to the populous nests on the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous scone, which the swallow Brings from the shore of the sea...he who found that stone in the nest of the swallow ! Among the American warblers, the summer yellow bird, Dendroica sestvoa, is remarkable for an instinct... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 320 pages
...they glided away o'er the meadow. Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests on the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone, which...restore the sight of its fledglings ; Lucky was he w.;o found that stono in the nest of the swallow ! Thus passed a few swift years, and they no longer... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 744 pages
...they glided away o'er the meadow. Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nest on the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone, which...from the shore of the sea to restore the sight of its fledgling! ; Lucky was he who found that stone in the nest of the swallow ! Thus passed a few swift... | |
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