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. The poetical works of H.W. Longfellow - Página 7por Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Gilbert White - 1878 - 446 páginas
...either for use while travelling or in the library." — Spectator. EVANGELINE. A TALE OF ACADIE. HIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the...Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand Hke harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms. Loud from its rocky caverns, the deep-voiced... | |
| Robert Ellis Thompson, William Wilberforce Newton, Otis H. Kendall - 1878 - 992 páginas
...was most ungracious, when, throughout " Evangeline," there are many lines as good as the following: " This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and...like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic." « Vide Hood's Rules of Rhyme, p. 14. London. Not only are these, and others, very beautiful in rhythm,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 660 páginas
...The poem is descriptive of the fate of some of the persons involved in these calamitous proceedings. THIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and...garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Drnids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their... | |
| 1878 - 728 páginas
...may say with the greatest of American poets : This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines an 1 the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green,...like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic. But the practical lumberman cares little for primeval beauty. He not unfrequently detects signs of... | |
| Calbraith Bourn Perry - 1902 - 476 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...have been checked for accuracy against the first editions. LONGER WORKS EVANGELINE* A TALE OF ACADIE THIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and...bosoms. Loud from its rocky caverns, the deep-voiced neighboring ocean Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answers the wail of the forest. This is the forest... | |
| 1925 - 630 páginas
...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 páginas
...spot, While 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...bosoms. Loud from its rocky caverns, the deepvoiced neighboring ocean Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answers the wail of the forest. THE OAK Alfred... | |
| Jennifer Armstrong - 1993 - 228 páginas
...higher by the minute, and she fussed like a young mother, separating our gear and handing out decisions. Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest upon their bosoms. Loud from its rocky caverns, the deep-voiced neighboring ocean Speaks, and in accents... | |
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