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 National Magazine - Page 157edited by - 1858Full view - About this book
| 1857 - 922 pages
...earshot of the distant roar of the surf — " Where from its rocky caverns the deepvoiced neighbouring ocean Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answers...which we determined to visit. It is the outpost of civilisation in this direction. About ten miles higher up the Bayanos, the Spaniards built the fort... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1848 - 538 pages
...the evening fire repeat Evangeline's story, While from its rocky caverns the deep-voiced neighbouring ocean Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answers the wail of the forest."— pp. 161-163. ART. VIII. — CRITICAL NOTICES. 1. — Breve Racconlo delle Cose Chiesastiche piii Importanti,... | |
| 1848 - 398 pages
...sung by the pines of the forest" »*»*** " While from its rocky caverns the deep-mouthed neighbouring ocean Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answers the wail of the forest" The poetry of Longfellow, as we have seen, is essentially spiritual, and must be spiritually discerned... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 176 pages
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| Eliza Cook - 1849 - 432 pages
...with heards that rest on their bosoms ; Loud from its rocky caverns, the ilcep-voicrd neighbouring ocean Speaks< and in accents disconsolate, answers the wail of the forest. This is the forest pnnueval ; but where are the hearts that heneath it Leaped like the roe, when he... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 476 pages
...evening fire repeat Evangeline's story, While from its rocky caverns the deep-voiced, neighbouring ocean Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answers the wail of the forest. THE SEASIDE AND THE FIRESIDE. 1850. DEDICATION. As one who, walking in the twilight gloom, Hears round... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms. Loud from its rocky caverns, the deep-voiced neighbouring ocean Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answers the wail of the forest. This is the forest primeval; but where are the hearts that beneath it Where is the thatch -roofed village,... | |
| Philarète Chasles - 1852 - 334 pages
...with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms Loud from its rocky caverns, the deep-voiced neighboring...accents disconsolate answers the wail of the forest." THUS does Evangeline, that singular poem by Longfellow, commence. The scene and the actors belong,... | |
| Philarète Chasles - 1852 - 334 pages
...with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms Loud from its rocky caverns, the deep-voiced neighboring...accents disconsolate answers the wail of the forest." THUS does Evangeline, that singular poem by Longfellow, commence. The scene and the actors belong,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 470 pages
...hoar, with heards that rest on their bosoms. Loud from its rocky caverns, the deep-voiced neighbouring ocean Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answers the wail of the forest. This is the forest primeval ; but where are the hearts that beneath it Leaped like the roe, when he... | |
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