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" THIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms.... "
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The Story of Our Colonies: With Sketches of Their Present Conditions

Henry Richard Fox Bourne - 1869 - 444 pages
...the English, who had 237836' come to intrude upon their quiet life in " the forest primeval," where "The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with...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."...
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The story of our colonies

Henry Richard Fox Bourne - 1869 - 456 pages
...aversion to the English, who had come to intrude upon their quiet life in " the forest primeval," where "The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with...garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druida of old, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their...
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The poetical works of Henry W. Longfellow, ed. with a critical ..., Issue 151

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1870 - 642 pages
...The poem is descriptive of the fate of some of the persons involved in thesel calamitous proceedings. THIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and...bosoms. Loud from its rocky caverns, the deep-voiced neighbouring ocean Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answers the wail of the forest. This is the...
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Wonders of the plant-world: or, Curiosities of vegetable life

Wonders - 1870 - 264 pages
...but fill the devout mind with sentiments of awe and admiration. What is the landscape before us ? " The forest primeval ! The murmuring pines and the...harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms." * But how was this forest planted ! How were its pines and hemlocks fixed in their present positions...
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Madagascar and Its People

James Sibree - 1870 - 590 pages
...most venerable appearance, and reminding me of the opening lines of Longfellow's " Evangeline : " " This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and...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."...
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A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best Poets

William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...the autumn scene. THOMAS BUCHANAN READ. DESCRIPTIVE POEMS. 549 PEACE IN ACADIE. FROM " EVANGELINE." ealing o'er the scene Had blended with the lights...eve ; And she was there, my hope, my joy, My own d bond from its rocky caverns, the deep-voiced neighboring ocean Speaks, and in accents disconsolate...
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Old and New, Volume 3

Edward Everett Hale - 1871 - 780 pages
...crowded theatre in a foreign land, but alone in a favorite spot on the coast of Maine, where, — " Loud from its rocky caverns the deep-voiced neighboring...accents disconsolate answers the wail of the forest,'* With such fancies, I was not surprised when the curtain rose upon a ship at sea; and the first vocal...
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The Sixth Reader

Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1872 - 418 pages
...ill-sp6ken, would you stay to cheer? G. This is the forest primeval! The murmuring pines and the hemlock, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct...accents disconsolate answers the wail of the forest. III. Low Pitch. 1. " Of old hast Thou laid the foundation of the £arth ; and the heavens arp the work...
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The Sixth Reader

Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1872 - 432 pages
...the hemlock, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like DrCiids of eld with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers...accents disconsolate answers the wail of the forest. III. Low Pitch. 1. "Of old hast Thou laid the foundation of the e"arth ; and the heavens are the work...
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Saratoga in 1901

Melville De Lancey Landon - 1871 - 274 pages
...beaux left the Spring to promenade around the park, where — *The murmuring pines and the hemlock, in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand...harpers hoar with beards that rest on their bosoms. "I'ma Pilgrim " a beautiful song of praise, sounded out of the windows from Dr. Strong's, making a...
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