Brought in the olden time from France, and since, as an heirloom, Handed down from mother to child, through long generations. But a celestial brightness — a more ethereal beauty — Shone on her face and encircled her form, when, after confession, Homeward... Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie - Seite 15von Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 163 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1848 - 734 Seiten
...But a celestial brightness — a more ethereal beauty — Shone on her face and encircled her form, when, after confession, Homeward serenely she walked...passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music." Is this natural poetry ? Does the narrative require these " dying falls?" We answer, no ; the measure... | |
| 1848 - 514 Seiten
...But a celestial brightness — a more ethereal beauty — Shone on her face and encircled her form, when, after confession, Homeward serenely she walked...passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music," pp. 8—10. Many a suitor had this fair Evangeline, but the only one she loved in return was, — "... | |
| 1848 - 602 Seiten
...But a celestial brightness — a more ethereal beauty — Shone on her face and encircled her form, when, after confession, Homeward serenely she walked...passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music." pp. 8—10. Many a snitor had this fair Evangeline, but the only one she loved in return was, — "Gabriel... | |
| 1848 - 722 Seiten
...But a celestial brightness — a more ethereal beauty — Shone on her face and encircled her form, when, after confession, Homeward serenely she walked with God's benediction upon her. When she had passetl, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music." Is this natural poetry ? Does the narrative... | |
| 1848 - 782 Seiten
...bce 6пдП|"фгп Äun= bige geben, поф. feine епдН|"фсп ^)crametet gefc£)£n fjaben. Firmly builded with rafters of oak, the house of the farmer Stood on the aide of a hill commanding the eea; and a shady. Sycamore grew by the door, with a woodbine wreathing... | |
| 1848 - 1390 Seiten
...strained, but degrades rather than exalts. The last line in the extract is another forced simile : " When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music." But this is so pretty, that one cannot choose but pardon it. The author is not always so successful.... | |
| 1850 - 560 Seiten
...But a celestial brightness — a more etherial beauty — Shone in her face and encircled her form, when, after confession, Homeward serenely she walked...When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing- of exqmsite music." We might go a long way through Mr. Longfellow's volume without pitching upon so many... | |
| Orestes Augustus Brownson - 1850 - 560 Seiten
...But a celestial brightness — a more ethereal beauty — Shone on her face and encircled her form, when, after confession, Homeward serenely she walked...passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music." This passage, copied with Chinese fidelity, is a fair specimen of the author's beauties and blemishes.... | |
| Morning call - 1850 - 624 Seiten
...abound like flowers in a rich meadow. "Evangeline" is thus described as returning from church : — " Homeward serenely she walked with God's benediction...passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music." The return of day to the villagers of Grand Pre, is thus described : — " Life had lone been astir... | |
| George Gilfillan - 1850 - 396 Seiten
...she has unwittingly learned from the moving shadows of the clouds. On her way home from confession, "when she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music." Thus should all lives be led, all steps be tuned ; and thus they shall, whenever Love, instead of Law,... | |
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