Swinging from its great arms, the trumpet-flower and the grapevine Hung their ladder of ropes aloft like the ladder of Jacob, On whose pendulous stairs the angels ascending, descending, Were the swift humming-birds, that flitted from blossom to blossom. Evangeline : a Tale of Acadie - Page 72by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 122 pagesFull view - About this book
| Hanson Hart Webster - Readers and speakers - 1905 - 480 pages
...from its great arms, the trumpet-flower and the grapevine Ťo Hung their ladder of ropes aloft like the ladder of Jacob, On whose pendulous stairs the...descending, Were the swift humming-birds, that flitted from biossom to blossom. Such was the vision Evangeline saw as she slumbered beneath it. Filled was her... | |
| Ludwig Herrig - English literature - 1906 - 844 pages
...Swinging from its great arms, the trumpet-flower and the grape-vine Hung their ladder of ropes aloft like the ladder of Jacob, On whose pendulous stairs the...vision Evangeline saw as she slumbered beneath it 85 Filled was her heart with love, and the dawn of an opening heaven Lighted her soul in sleep with... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Birthday books - 1906 - 204 pages
...thin ; And softly, from that hushed and darkened room. Two angels issued where but one went in. pILLED was her heart with love, and the dawn of an opening Heaven Lishted her soul in sleep with the glory of regions celestial. pROM the dead Our Lord arose; and everywhere,... | |
| Hanson Hart Webster - American literature - 1909 - 480 pages
...from its great arms, the trumpet-flower and the grapevine wo Hung their ladder of ropes aloft like the ladder of Jacob, On whose pendulous stairs the...heart with love, and the dawn of an opening heaven sa Lighted her soul in sleep with the glory of regions celestial. Nearer, ever nearer, among the numberless... | |
| William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - Basal reading instruction - 1909 - 428 pages
...Swinging from its great arms, the trumpet-flower and the grapevine Hung their ladder of ropes aloft like the ladder of Jacob, On whose pendulous stairs the angels ascending, descending, 10 Were the swift humming-birds, that flitted from blossom to blossom. Such was the vision Evangeline... | |
| William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - Readers - 1909 - 426 pages
...Swinging from its great arms, the trumpet-flower and the grapevine Hung their ladder of ropes aloft like the ladder of Jacob, On whose pendulous stairs the angels ascending, descending, 10 Were the swift humming-birds, that flitted from blossom to blossom. Such was the vision Evangeline... | |
| Lucy Henderson Humphrey - Poetry of places - 1910 - 572 pages
...Swinging from its great arms, the trumpet-flower and the grapevine Hung their ladder of ropes aloft like the ladder of Jacob, On whose pendulous stairs the...sleep with the glory of regions celestial. Nearer, ever nearer, among the numberless islands, Darted a light, swift boat, that sped away o'er the water,... | |
| English poetry - 1910 - 530 pages
...Swinging from its great arms, the trumpet-flower and the grapevine Hung their ladder of ropes aloft like the ladder of Jacob, On whose pendulous stairs the...soul in sleep with the glory of regions celestial. i Nearer, and ever nearer, among the numberless islands, Darted a light, swift boat, that sped away... | |
| American literature - 1910 - 444 pages
...from its great arms, the trumpet-flower and the grapevine 820 Hung their ladder of ropes aloft like the ladder of Jacob, On whose pendulous stairs the...heart with love, and the dawn of an opening heaven 825 Lighted her soul in sleep with the glory of regions celestial. Nearer, ever nearer, among the numberless... | |
| English literature - 1910 - 408 pages
...Jacob, 15 On whose pendulous stairs the angels ascending, descending, Were the swift humming birds, that flitted from blossom to blossom. Such was the...soul in sleep with the glory of regions celestial. 20 Nearer, ever nearer, among the numberless islands, Darted a light, swift boat, that sped away o'er... | |
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