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 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Page 1by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 432 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Abraham Bartlett - 1865 - 264 pages
...possible to determine; so that we may almost venture to say of it, in the words of Longfellow, — "This is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines...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 bosom,"... | |
| Thomas Rawlings - 1865 - 278 pages
...the wigwam was the only abode that approached the modern mansions and city villas of the opulent. " 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 bosom."... | |
| 1865 - 786 pages
...enough. I should have thought that the forest waa sobering and saddening. " Tbls 'a the forest primoval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with...green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids of old, with voices sod and prophetic ; Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rr-st on their bosoms.... | |
| William Abraham Bartlett - 1865 - 264 pages
...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 boson1," — * Verstegan says, " Dune, a hill, commonly that stretcheth or extendeth itself out in... | |
| George Stillman Hillard - 1866 - 526 pages
...battle ! A FOREST SCENE. LOKGFELLOW. THIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlock Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct...like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosom? . Loud from its rocky caverns the deep-voiced neighboring ocean Speaks, and in accents disconsolate... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1866 - 300 pages
...1858, 1863, and 1866, By HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. EVANGELINE. EVANGBLINE. A TALE OF ACADIE. HIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the...and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic, like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1866 - 120 pages
...GILBERT. LONDON : BELL AND DALDY, 186, FLEET STREET. 1866. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PART THE FIRST. Pay* I. "The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green." BIRKET FOSTER. 11 II. " Waste are those pleasant farms, and the farmers for ever departed 1 " BIRKET... | |
| William Francis Collier - 1866 - 144 pages
...murmuring | pines and the | hemlocks, Bearded with | moss and with | garments | green, indis | tinct in the | twilight, Stand, like | Druids of | eld, with ] voices | sad and pro | phetic. SKETCH or TUB HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.... | |
| John William C. Hughes - 1867 - 220 pages
...people. The primeval forests, have mostly disappeared ; in very few places can we say that the oaks— " Bearded with moss and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, "Stand like Druids of eld, . . . ."—ILangfeUcvJ but wo can Imagine the stone avenues of Carnac an* • Machicolatloru, from... | |
| 1880 - 630 pages
...Thee, Haste to meet Thee Whom my spirit arms entwine." E. BALL EUTTEE. INTO THE YO SEMITE VALLEY. " This is the forest primeval ; the murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and with garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids of old, with voices sad and prophetic,... | |
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