Poems . Merrily, merrily whirled the wheels of the dizzying dancesUnder the orchard-trees and down the path to the meadows ;Old folk and young together, and children mingled among of all the maids was Evangeline, Benedicts daughter!Noblest of all the youths was Gabriel, son of the blacksmith! So passed the morning away. And lo, with a summons sonorousSounded the bell from its tower, and over the meadows a drum ere long was the church with men. Without, in thechurch-yard, EVANGELINE. 31 Waited the women. They stood by the graves, and hung on the head-stonesGarlands of
Poems . Merrily, merrily whirled the wheels of the dizzying dancesUnder the orchard-trees and down the path to the meadows ;Old folk and young together, and children mingled among of all the maids was Evangeline, Benedicts daughter!Noblest of all the youths was Gabriel, son of the blacksmith! So passed the morning away. And lo, with a summons sonorousSounded the bell from its tower, and over the meadows a drum ere long was the church with men. Without, in thechurch-yard, EVANGELINE. 31 Waited the women. They stood by the graves, and hung on the head-stonesGarlands of autumn leaves and evergreens fresh from the Then came the guard from the ships, and, marching proudly among them,Entered the sacred portal. With loud and dissonant clangourEchoed the sound of their brazen drums from ceiling and casement,—Echoed a moment only, and slowly the ponderous portalClosed, and in silence the crowd awaited the will of the uprose their commander, and spake from the steps of the aloft in his hands, with its seals, the royal commission. You are convened this day, he said, by His Majestys orders, 32 EVANGELINE. Clement and kind has he been; but how you have answered his kindnessLet your own hearts reply! To my natural make and my temperPainful the task is I do, which to you I know must be must I bow and obey, and deliver the will of our monarch;Namely, that all your lands, and dwellings, and cattle of all kindsForfeited be to the crown ; and that you yourselves from this provinceBe transported to other lands. God grant you may dwell thereEver as faithful subjects, a
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