 Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests on the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone, which the swallow Brings from the shore of the sea to restore the sight of its fledglings; Lucky was he who found that stone in the nest of...  Evangeline: a tale [in verse]. - Page 21by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848Full view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 356 pages
...they glide J away o'er the meadow. Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests on the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone, which the swallow Brings from the shore of tho sea to restore the sight of its fledglings ; Luckv was he who found that stone in the nest of "... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1884 - 316 pages
...while near him the tire of a cart-wheel Lay like a fiery snake, coiled round in a circle of cinders. Thus passed a few swift years, and they no longer...youth, and his face, like the face of the morning, ( maddened the earth with its light, and ripened thought into action. She was a woman now, with the... | |
 | William Swinton - Readers - 1885 - 620 pages
...barns they climbed to the populous nests on the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone1 which the swallow Brings from the shore of the sea...years, and they no longer were children. He was a valiant2 youth, and his face, like the face of the morning, Gladdened the earth with its light, and... | |
 | William Swinton - Readers - 1885 - 624 pages
...barns they climbed to the populous nests on the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone1 which the swallow Brings from the shore of the sea...years, and they no longer were children. He was a valiant2 youth, and his face, like the face of the morning, Gladdened the earth with its light, and... | |
 | Charles Swainson - Birds - 1885 - 266 pages
...to it in " Evangeline " :— " Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests in the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone which...he who found that stone in the nest of the swallow ! " Here the stone lies in the nest; and this agrees with the communication made to the Zoologist for... | |
 | Charles Swainson - Birds - 1885 - 264 pages
...to it in " Evaugeline " : — " Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests in the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone which...from the shore of the sea to restore the sight of ite fledglings ; Lucky was he who found that stone in the nest of the swallow ! " Here the stone lies... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1886 - 380 pages
...they glided away o'er the meadow. Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests on the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone, which...He was a valiant youth, and his face, like the face Gladdened the earth with its light, and ripened thought into action. She was a woman now, with the... | |
 | Charles Swainson - Birds - 1886 - 266 pages
...to it in " Evflngeline " : — " Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests in the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone which...he who found that stone in the nest of the swallow ! " Here the stone lies in the nest ; and this agrees with the communication made to the Zoologist... | |
 | Literature - 1886 - 520 pages
...coffin ? Also (/>) the legend, if there is one, explaining the following quotation from Evangcline: Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone, Which...Of the sea to restore the sight of its fledglings. Hopkinton, Mass. MRS. EDT (a) It would greatly facilitate the search for an answer to such a question... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1886 - 376 pages
...of the United States next to Acadia, and in the compound Passamaquoddy, or Pollock-Ground.] Page 27. Lucky was he who found that stone in the nest of the swallow. " If the eyes of one of the young of a swallow be put out, the mother bird will bring from the sea-shore... | |
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