| William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 pages
...lives. WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. THE PRIMEVAL FOREST. FROM THE INTRODUCTION TO " EVANGELINE." THIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks,...green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids of old, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms.... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 634 pages
...is descriptive of the fate of some of the persons involved in these calamitous proceedings. Tnis is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks,...harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms. Loud from its rocky caverns, the deep-voiced neighbouring ocean Speaks, and in accents disconsolate... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 400 pages
...The black shadows fall; Sleep and oblivion Reign over all. EVANGELINE. A TALE OF ACADIE. 1847THIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks,...green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids of e!d, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms.... | |
| William Swinton - 1877 - 278 pages
...complaining and begin your tea.—Tbpe. 24. This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlock Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids of old with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms.... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 108 pages
...some of the persons Involved in these calamitous proceedings. EVANGELINE. A TALE OF ACADIA. THIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks,...harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms. Loud from its rocky caverns, the deep-voiced neighboring ocean Speaks, and in accents disconsolate... | |
| Calbraith Bourn Perry - 1902 - 476 pages
...exile. In " the old Acadian country where all were equal and all were brothers and sisters," where "The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with...like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic" Three cousins settled, and became progenitors of a numerous atfd influential branch of the De Wolf... | |
| Bill Moore - 1987 - 180 pages
...a double meaning: criminals had their hair cropped. This is the forest primeval, The murmuring oaks and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments...green, Indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids of old, With voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, With beards that rest on their bosoms.... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1988 - 442 pages
...checked for accuracy against the first editions. LONGER WORKS EVANGELINE* A TALE OF ACADIE THIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks,...harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms. Loud from its rocky caverns, the deep-voiced neighboring ocean Speaks, and in accents disconsolate... | |
| 1925 - 630 pages
...shores. One thought of the lines from Evangeline: "This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and hemlocks Bearded with moss and in garments green Indistinct in the twilight." MICHIGAN AS SEEN BY AN EARLY TRAVELER (FROM HOFFMAN'S A Winter in the West) Marshall, Calhoun Co.,... | |
| Rutherford Platt - 1992 - 372 pages
...I've a hand to save, Thy axe shall harm it not. From EVANGELINE Henry Wadsworth Longfellow This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks,...harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms. Loud from its rocky caverns, the deepvoiced neighboring ocean Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answers... | |
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