Select Poems of Coleridge, Wordsworth, Campbell, LongfellowFrederick Henry Sykes W.J. Gage Company, Limited, 1895 - 360 pages |
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Page 72
... Acadian land , on the shores of the Basin of 20 Minas , Distant , secluded , still , the little village of Grand - Pré Lay in the fruitful valley . Vast meadows stretched to the eastward , Giving the village its name , and pasture to ...
... Acadian land , on the shores of the Basin of 20 Minas , Distant , secluded , still , the little village of Grand - Pré Lay in the fruitful valley . Vast meadows stretched to the eastward , Giving the village its name , and pasture to ...
Page 73
... Acadian village . Strongly built were the houses , with frames of oak and of hemlock , Such as the peasants of Normandy built in the reign of the Henries . Thatched were the roofs , with dormer - windows ; and 35 gables projecting Over ...
... Acadian village . Strongly built were the houses , with frames of oak and of hemlock , Such as the peasants of Normandy built in the reign of the Henries . Thatched were the roofs , with dormer - windows ; and 35 gables projecting Over ...
Page 75
... Acadian farmers , - Dwelt in the love of God and of man . Alike were they free from Fear , that reigns with the tyrant , and envy , the vice of republics . Neither locks had they to their doors , nor bars to their 55 windows ; But their ...
... Acadian farmers , - Dwelt in the love of God and of man . Alike were they free from Fear , that reigns with the tyrant , and envy , the vice of republics . Neither locks had they to their doors , nor bars to their 55 windows ; But their ...
Page 82
... Acadian peasants the Summer of All - Saints ! Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light ; 160 and the landscape Lay as if new - created in all the freshness of childhood . Peace seemed to reign upon earth , and the restless 82 ...
... Acadian peasants the Summer of All - Saints ! Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light ; 160 and the landscape Lay as if new - created in all the freshness of childhood . Peace seemed to reign upon earth , and the restless 82 ...
Page 99
... Acadian peasants . Many a glad good - morrow and jocund laugh from the young folk Made the bright air brighter , as up from the numerous 390 meadows , Where no path could be seen but the track of wheels in the greensward , Group after ...
... Acadian peasants . Many a glad good - morrow and jocund laugh from the young folk Made the bright air brighter , as up from the numerous 390 meadows , Where no path could be seen but the track of wheels in the greensward , Group after ...
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