Brought in the olden time from France, and since, as an heirloom, Handed down from mother to child, through long generations. But a celestial brightness — a more ethereal beauty — Shone on her face and encircled her form, when, after confession, Homeward... Evangeline : a Tale of Acadie - Page 10by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 122 pagesFull view - About this book
| Henry Wadsworth [extracts] Longfellow - 1878 - 306 pages
...falls into our world of night, With the murmuring sound of rhyme. Birds of Passage. October 6. • When she had passed, it seemed Like the ceasing of exquisite music. Ecangeline — Part 1, sec. 1. So long as you are innocent, fear nothing, No one can harm you ! The... | |
| Horace Elisha Scudder - American poetry - 1879 - 474 pages
...— a more ethereal beauty — Shone on her face and encircled her form, when, after confession, 80 Homeward serenely she walked with God's benediction...builded with rafters of oak, the house of the farmer Sycamore grew by the door, with a woodbine wreathing around it. 85 Rudely carved was the porch, with... | |
| Horace Elisha Scudder - American poetry - 1879 - 474 pages
...— a more ethereal beauty — Shone on her face and encircled her form, when, after confession, 80 Homeward serenely she walked with God's benediction...music. Firmly builded with rafters of oak, the house oJ the farmer Sycamore grew by the door, with a woodbine wreathing around it. 85 Rudely carved was... | |
| Horace Elisha Scudder - American poetry - 1879 - 596 pages
...— a more ethereal beauty — Shone on her face and encircled her form, when, after confession, 80 Homeward serenely she walked with God's benediction...music. Firmly builded with rafters of oak, the house ol the farmer Sycamore grow by the door, with a woodbine wreathing around it. 85 Rudely carved was... | |
| Horace Elisha Scudder - Brothers and sisters - 1879 - 250 pages
...Evangeline was his only daughter, and his wife was dead ; but his daughter was the pride of the village. 'When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.' There was one who always watched to see her pass, who saw her in church, and went to the old farmer's... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1880 - 686 pages
...mother to child, through long generations. Bnt a celestial brightness — a more ethereal beauty — Shone on her face and encircled her form, when, after...upon her. When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasine of exquisite music. Firmly bnilded with rafters of oak, the house of the farmer Stood on the... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1880 - 584 pages
...mother to child, through long generations. But a celestial brightness — a more ethereal beauty — Shone on her face and encircled her form, when, after...serenely she walked with God's benediction upon her. I When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music. i Firmly builded with rafters... | |
| Literary and Historical Society of Quebec - Canada - 1881 - 774 pages
...mother to child, through long generations. But a celestial brightness — a more ethereal beauty — Shone on her face and encircled her form, when, after...passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music. " Such is the portrait of Evangeline which Longfellow has sketched out for its. The poem is a profound... | |
| lady Georgiana Charlotte Fullerton - 1881 - 330 pages
...describe her as she looked at that moment: ' But a more celestial brightness — a more ethereal beauty— Shone on her face and encircled her form, when, after...passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.' Others followed, old men and children, peasant women, and men of the world. She saw her aged father... | |
| Horace Elisha Scudder - Children - 1881 - 254 pages
...Evangeline was his only daughter, and his wife was dead ; but his daughter was the pride of the village. '' When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.' There was one who always watched to see her pass, who saw her in church, and went to the old farmer's... | |
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