 Scattered were they, like flakes of snow, when the wind from the northeast Strikes aslant through the fogs that darken the Banks of Newfoundland. Friendless, homeless, hopeless, they wandered from city to city, From the cold lakes of the North to sultry...  Evangeline - Page 83by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1867 - 127 pagesFull view - About this book
 | American periodicals - 1848 - 636 pages
...expressions which describe the Mississippi, where the exiles, among other dreary wanderings, roam — From the bleak shores of the sea to the lands where...sands to bury the scattered bones of the mammoth. In another place, the descent of an American river is described, with its scenery : — Now through... | |
 | 1848 - 544 pages
...in the darkness, Lighted less by the lamp than the shining face [form?] of the maiden." — p. 46. " Friends they sought and homes ; and many despairing,...Asked of the earth but a grave, and no longer a friend or a fireside. Written their history stands on tablets of stone in the churchyard, Lon<j among them... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 470 pages
...homeless, hopeless, they wandered from city to city, From the cold lakes of the North to sultry Southern savannas, — From the bleak shores of the sea to...them down to the ocean, Deep in their sands to bury die scattered hones of the mammoth. Friends they sought and homes ; and many, despairing, heart-broken,... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 580 pages
...they wandered from city to city, From the cold lakes of the North to sultry southern savannahs, — From the bleak shores of the sea to the lands where the Father of Waters Seizcs the hills in his hands, and drags them down to the ocean, Deep in their sands to bury the scattered... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1856 - 432 pages
...homeless, hopeless, they wandered from city to city, From the cold lakes of the Xorth to sultry Southern savannas, — From the bleak shores of the sea to...the earth but a grave, and no longer a friend nor n fireside. Written their history stands on tablets of stone in the church-yards. Long among them was... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1857 - 428 pages
...homeless, hopeless, they wandered from city to city, From the cold lakes of the North to sultry Southern savannas, — From the bleak shores of the sea to...down to the ocean, Deep in their sands to bury the seattered bones of the mammoth. Friends they sought and homes ; and many, despairing, heart-broken,... | |
 | Edme Rameau de Saint-Père - Acadia - 1859 - 574 pages
...hold gods, into exile Exile without an end, and •without au exemple in story. Aeadians, Friends tbey sought and homes; and many despairing heart-broken Asked of the earth but a grave, and no langcr a friend nor a fire-side. Writen their history stands en tablets of atone en the church-yarda... | |
 | Edme Rameau de Saint-Père - Acadia - 1859 - 576 pages
...in «tory. Acadians, Friends they souglit and homes; and many despairing heart-brokfiD Asked of thé earth but a grave, and no longer a friend nor a fire-side. AVriten thcir bistory stands en tablets of ttone en thé charch-yards (Evangeline. Taie of Acadia.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Gilbert - American poetry - 1860 - 448 pages
...homeless, hopeless, they wandered from city to city, From the cold lakes of the North to sultry Southern savannas, — From the bleak shores of the sea to...the hills in his hands, and drags them down to the oceim, Deep in their sands to hury the seattered bones of the mammoth. Friends they sought and homes... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1861 - 908 pages
...homeless, hopeless, they wandered from city to city, From the cold lakes of the North to sultry Southern savannas, — From the bleak shores of the sea to...the earth but a grave, and no longer a friend nor a tireside. Written their history stands on tablets of stone in the churchyards. Fair was she and young... | |
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