When in the harvest heat she bore to the reapers at noontide Flagons of home-brewed ale. ah ! fair in sooth was the maiden. Fairer was she when, on Sunday morn, while the bell from its turret Sprinkled with holy sounds the air> as the priest with his... Evangeline: a Tale of Acadia - Page 10by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 95 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1859 - 694 pages
...The pines and hemlocks, bearded with moss, " stand like harpers hoar." The bell, on Sunday morn, " Sprinkled with holy sounds the air, as the priest...the congregation, and scatters blessings upon them." Sometimes, over eager for simplicity, his muse stoops to the absurd; as, when speaking of Evangeline,... | |
| 1859 - 690 pages
...The pines and hemlocks, bearded with moss, " stand like harpers hoar." The bell, on Sunday morn, " Sprinkled with holy sounds the air, as the priest with his hyssop Sprinkles the congregation, ami scatters blessings upon them." Sometimes, over eager for simplicity, his muse stoops to the absurd;... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Gilbert - 1860 - 448 pages
...breath of kino that feed in the meadows. When in the harvest heat she bore to the reapers at noontide Flagons of home-brewed ale, ah ! fair in sooth was...Wearing her Norman cap, and her kirtle of blue, and the car-rings, Brought in the olden time from Franee, and sinee, as an heirloom, Handed down from mother... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1860 - 468 pages
...breath of kine that feed in the meadows. When in the harvest heat she bore to the reapers at noontide Flagons of home-brewed ale, ah ! fair in sooth was...the congregation, and scatters blessings upon them, Wearing her Norman cap, and her kirtle of blue, and the ear-rings, Brought, in the olden time from... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 484 pages
...harvest heat she bore to the reapers at noontide Flagons of home-brewed ale, ah ! fair in sooth wag the maiden. Fairer was she when, on Sunday morn, while...Sprinkled with holy sounds the air, as the priest Sprinkles the congregation, and scatters blessings upon them, Down the long street she passed, with... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 712 pages
...breath of kine that feed in the meadows. When in the harvest heat she bore to the reapers at noontide Flagons of home-brewed ale, ah ! fair in sooth was...long street she passed, with her chaplet of beads aud her missal, Wearing her Korman cap, and her kirtle of blue, and the ear-rings, Brought in the olden... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 488 pages
...breath of kine that feed in the meadows. When in the harvest heat she bore to the reapers at noontide Flagons of home-brewed ale, ah ! fair in sooth was...his hyssop Sprinkles the congregation, and scatters blessingi upon them, Down the long street she passed, with her chaplet of beads and her missal, Wearing... | |
| 1856 - 502 pages
...it "the music nighest bordering upon heaven." You remember, in Evangeline, how " on Sunday morning, the bell from its turret Sprinkled with holy sounds...priest with his hyssop Sprinkles the congregation." Hyperion, the prose-poem of Longfellow, is full of beautiful allusions to their music. He says, in... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1864 - 512 pages
...harvest heat she bore to the reapers at noontide Flagons of home-brewed ale, ah ! fair in sooth wa« the maiden. Fairer was she when, on Sunday morn, while the bell from its turret Sprinkles the congregation, and scatters blessing! upon them, Down the long street she passed, with... | |
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