 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]. - Seite 21von Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1886 - 378 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Samuel Grant Oliphant - 1887 - 212 Seiten
...curious story that this bird brings home from the sea-shore a stone that gives sight to her fledglings. " Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone which...swallow Brings from the shore of the sea to restore tho sight of its fledglings." LONGFELLOW'S EVANGELINB. 397. Who was the " Sailor King " ? William IV.... | |
 | 1889 - 636 Seiten
...refers to this legend in " Evangeline," when he says : Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stono, which the swallow Brings from the shore of the sea to restore the sight of its fledglings. Norway and Sweden are not too far north for the swallow to find its way to them; and the Scandinavians... | |
 | 1891 - 508 Seiten
...glided away o'er the meadow. 135 Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests on the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone, which...few swift years, and they no longer were children. i« He was a valiant youth, and his face, like the face of the morning, Gladdened the earth with its... | |
 | 1891 - 208 Seiten
...; and, when the lesson was completed, Down the hillside bounding, they glided away o'er the meadow. Thus passed a few swift years, and they no longer were children. Now had the season returned, when the nights grow colder and longer; In-doors, warm by the wide-mouthed... | |
 | Paolo Mantegazza - 1892 - 520 Seiten
...D'autres cieux et d'autres climats. Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nest on the rafters. Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone which...he who found that stone in the nest of the swallow! Longfellow. § d) W ft tiФег erfte SOíenfd), ber einen ©djroan rufn'g uitb majeftätifd) auf bent... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1892 - 476 Seiten
...glided away o'er the meadow. ws Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests on the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone, which...of the sea to restore the sight of its fledglings ; 133. The French have another saying similar to this, that they were guests going in to the wedding.... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1892 - 474 Seiten
...French have another saying similar to this, that they were guests going in to the wedding. Lucky was lie who found that stone in the nest of the swallow !...few swift years, and they no longer were children. 140 He was a valiant youth, and his face, like the face of the morning, Gladdened the earth with its... | |
 | William H. Wintringham - 1892 - 446 Seiten
...Evangeline," reminds us of when he says, " Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests on the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone which...Brings from the shore of the sea to restore the sight to its fledglings ; Lucky was he who found that stone in the nest of the swallow!" — have scrambled... | |
 | Frederick Henry Sykes - 1895 - 690 Seiten
...glided away o'er the is5 meadow. Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests on the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone, which...Thus passed a few swift years, and they no longer MO were children. He was a valiant youth, and his face, like the face of the morning, Gladdened the... | |
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