 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
 | Karl Knortz - 1907 - 90 Seiten
...they climbed to the populous neets of the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone \vhich the swallow Brings from the shore of the sea to restore the sight of its fledglings." Die Schwalbe wird überall als die Botin des Frühlings von Dichtern und Bauern gefeiert. Sie ist zauberkräftige... | |
 | 1915 - 296 Seiten
...climbed to the populous nests ол the rafters, Seeking witli eager eyes that wond'roue stone wh.ch the swallow Brings from the shore of the sea, to restore the eight oí its fledglings." — Longfellow's "Evangeline" I., 1. When swallows fly high the weather... | |
 | Hanson Hart Webster - 1909 - 480 Seiten
...glided away o'er the meadow. us 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 into the wedding.... | |
 | 1910 - 444 Seiten
...glided away o'er the meadow. iss 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. M« He was a valiant youth, and his face, like the face of the morning, Gladdened the earth with its... | |
 | 1910 - 408 Seiten
...glided away o'er the meadow. 30 Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests on the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone, which...Lucky was he who found that stone in the nest of the swallows! Thus passed a few swift years and they no longer were children, 35 He was a valiant youth,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1910 - 686 Seiten
...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...of the sea to restore the sight of its fledglings ; Lncky was he who found that stone in the nest of the swallow t Thus passed a few swift years, and... | |
 | Giuseppe Pitrè - 1912 - 168 Seiten
...opening lines of Evangeline : — Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests on the rafters, Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone, which...he who found that stone in the nest of the swallow ! How was this magic stone used by man ? For long centuries it was a popular remedy for all manner... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1912 - 696 Seiten
...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...Lucky was he who found that stone in the nest of the swallowl 120 Thus passed a few swift years, and they no longer were children. He was a valiant youth;... | |
 | 1913 - 760 Seiten
...'swallowstone' as a cure for blindness, does not occur in the Latin poets. But cf. Longfellow, Evangeline. Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone, which...he who found that stone in the nest of the swallow. See Preface for a brief discussion of the above. For the myth of Tereus, Philomela and Progne vid.... | |
 | 1914 - 378 Seiten
...'swallowstone' as a cure for blindness, does not occur in the Latin poets. But cf. Longfellow, Evangeline. Seeking with eager eyes that wondrous stone, which.... Brings from the shore of the sea to restore the s1ght ot 1ts fledglings. Lucky was he who found that stone in the nest ot tne For the myth of Tereus,... | |
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