 Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside, Black, yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses! Sweet was her breath as the breath of kine that...  The American Whig Review - Page 1621848Full view - About this book
 | Edwin Hodder - Conduct of life - 1869 - 218 pages
...enjoyment of each other's happiness. And did not a beautiful maiden, fair to behold, with eyes " Black as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside ; Black, yet softly gleaming beneath the brown shade of her tresses " — Did not she captivate the hearts of both... | |
 | Mrs. F. Marshall Ward - 1870 - 426 pages
...Saviour as all-powerful to save. CHAPTER X. " Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers, Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the...they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses." — Longfellow. j|WO years had passed, and the children were still at Laburnum Villa, when Mr. Spencer... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were her eyes as the Iwrry that grows ол % ,Zs臫Ϝ `x O w _ f >?_ s7V 8 K. z7mW; 9 Z Y... k #XI<{ MMy D| H . / -Z ) 4 dtP6C +˿ S`cs J9 j ۲ S reaper at noontide Flagons of home-brewed ale, ah ! fair in sooth was the maiden. Fairer was she when,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1872 - 730 pages
...and his cheeks as lirown as the oak-leaves. Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the...home-brewed ale, ah ! fair in sooth was the maiden. Faifer was she when, on Sunday morn, while the bell from its turret Sprinkled with holy sounds the... | |
 | Noble Kibby Royse - American literature - 1872 - 382 pages
...description of his heroine : EVANGELINE. FAIR was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the...breath as the breath of kine that feed in the meadows. \A~hen in the harvest heat she bore to the reapers at noontide Flagons of home-brewed ale, ah! fair... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...and his cheeks as brown ns the oak-leaves. Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. BL AL @mJ ! 550 DESCRIPTIVE POEMS. Sweet was her breath as the breath of kine that feed in the meadows, When... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1873 - 294 pages
...and his cheeks as brown as the oak-leaves. Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the...noontide Flagons of home-brewed ale, ah ! fair in sooth was1 the maiden. Fairer was she when, on Sunday morn, while the bell from its turret Sprinkled with... | |
 | Pádraig Ó Seaghdha - 1878 - 462 pages
...as brown as the oak-leaves. Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were hor eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside,...Black, yet how softly they gleamed, beneath the brown Sweet was her breath as the breath of kino that feed in the meadows. When in the harvest heat she bore... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1873 - 906 pages
...was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were her eyes as the berry that grows оь ^1 ! of Minas, DESCRIPTIVE POEMS. Sweet was her breath as the breath of kine that feud in the meadows,... | |
 | Moses Foster Sweetser - Maritime Provinces - 1875 - 366 pages
...Evangeline, the pride of the village." " Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers, Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the...yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade cf her tresses ! Sweet was her breath as the breath of kine that feed in the meadows. When in the harvest... | |
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