The Poetical Works of H.W. LongfellowT. Nelson and Sons, 1858 - 371 pages |
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... soft , sweet air the Basin of Minas , Where the ships , with their wavering shadows , were riding at anchor . Life had long been astir in the village , and clamorous labour Knocked with its hundred hands at the golden gate of the ...
... soft , sweet air the Basin of Minas , Where the ships , with their wavering shadows , were riding at anchor . Life had long been astir in the village , and clamorous labour Knocked with its hundred hands at the golden gate of the ...
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... soft , low voice , and the charm of her Indian accent , All the tale of her love , with its pleasures , and pains , and reverses . Much Evangeline wept at the tale , and to know that another Hapless heart like her own had loved and had ...
... soft , low voice , and the charm of her Indian accent , All the tale of her love , with its pleasures , and pains , and reverses . Much Evangeline wept at the tale , and to know that another Hapless heart like her own had loved and had ...
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... soft flow of her magical words , till the region around her Seemed like enchanted ground , and her swarthy guest the enchantress . Slowly over the tops of the Ozark Mountains the moon rose , Lighting the little tent , and with a ...
... soft flow of her magical words , till the region around her Seemed like enchanted ground , and her swarthy guest the enchantress . Slowly over the tops of the Ozark Mountains the moon rose , Lighting the little tent , and with a ...
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... Soft was the voice of the priest , and he spake with an accent of kind- ness ; But on Evangeline's heart fell his words as in winter the snow - flakes Fall into some lone nest from which the birds have departed . " Far to the north he ...
... Soft was the voice of the priest , and he spake with an accent of kind- ness ; But on Evangeline's heart fell his words as in winter the snow - flakes Fall into some lone nest from which the birds have departed . " Far to the north he ...
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... soft on her ear fell the chimes from the belfry of Christ Church , While , intermingled with these , across the meadows were wafted Sounds of psalms , that were sung by the Swedes in their church at Wicaco . Soft as descending wings ...
... soft on her ear fell the chimes from the belfry of Christ Church , While , intermingled with these , across the meadows were wafted Sounds of psalms , that were sung by the Swedes in their church at Wicaco . Soft as descending wings ...
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