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" Many a languid head, upraised as Evangeline entered, Turned on its pillow of pain to gaze while she passed, for her presence Fell on their hearts like a ray of the sun on the walls of a prison. "
Evangeline: a tale [in verse]. - Page 147
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1849
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The Metropolitan, Volume 52

English literature - 1848 - 476 pages
...pallets they lay, like drifts of snow by the road-side. Many a languid head, upraised as Evangeline entered, Turned on its pillow of pain to gaze while...for ever. Many familiar forms had disappeared in the night-time ; Vacant their places were, or lilled already by strangers. Suddenly, as if arrested by...
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Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age, Volume 15

American periodicals - 1848 - 602 pages
...pallets they lay, like drifts of snow by the road-side. Many a languid head, upraised as Evangeline entered, Turned on its pillow of pain to gaze while...for ever. Many familiar forms had disappeared in the night-time ; Vacant their places were, or filled already by strangers. Suddenly, as if arrested by...
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Poems on slavery, early poems, additional poems, and ballads

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 128 pages
...visit to the almshouse has some very affecting lines — " Many a languid head, upraised as Evangeline entered, Turned on its pillow of pain to gaze while...hand upon many a heart, had healed it for ever. Many lamiliar forms had disappeared in the night-time ; Vacant their places were, or filled already by strangers."...
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The Metropolitan Magazine, Volume 52

1848 - 514 pages
...pallets they lay, like drifts of snow by the road-side. Many a languid head, upraised as Evangeline entered, Turned on its pillow of pain to gaze while she passed, for her presence Pell on their hearts like a ray of the sun on the walls of a prison. And, as she looked around, she...
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Poems, Volume 2

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1850 - 476 pages
...pallets they lay, like drifts of snow by the road-side. Many a languid head, upraised as Evangeline entered, Turned on its pillow of pain to gaze while...for ever. Many familiar forms had disappeared in the nighttime ; Vacant their places were, or filled already by strangers. Suddenly, as if arrested by fear...
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Brownson's Quarterly Review, Volume 4

Orestes Augustus Brownson - American essays - 1850 - 560 pages
...the almshouse, — entered the chambers of sickness. " Many a languid head, upraised as Evangeline entered, Turned on its pillow of pain to gaze while...hearts like a ray of the sun on the walls of a prison " Suddenly, as if arrested by fear or a feeling of wonder, Still she stood, with her colorless lips...
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The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...and concealing their faces, Where on their pallets they lay, like drifts of snow by the road-side. Turned on its pillow of pain to gaze while she passed,...for ever. Many familiar forms had disappeared in the nighttime ; Vacant their places were, or filled already by strangers. Suddenly, as if arrested by fear...
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Poems, Volume 2

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 470 pages
...pallets they lay, like drifts of snow by the road-side. Many a languid head, upraised as Evangeline entered, Turned on its pillow of pain to gaze while...for ever. Many familiar forms had disappeared in the nighttime ; Vacant their places were, or filled already by strangers. Suddenly, as if arrested by fear...
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Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1854 - 174 pages
...pallets they lay, like drifts of snow by the road-side. Many a languid head, upraised as Evangeline entered, Turned on its pillow of pain to gaze while...for ever. Many familiar forms had disappeared in the nighttime ; Vacant their places were, or filled already by strangers. Suddenly, as if arrested by fear...
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Handbuch der nordamericanischen National-Literatur: Sammlung von ...

Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 580 pages
...pallets they lay, like drifts of snow by the road-side. Many a languid head, upraised äs Evangeline entered, Turned on its pillow of pain to gaze while...like a ray of the sun on the walls of a prison. And, äs she looked around, she saw how Death, the consoler, Laying his hand upon many a heart, had healed...
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