Poems . icts roof hospitality seemed more abundant:For Evangeline stood among the guests of her father;Bright was her face with smiles, and words of welcome and gladnessFell from her beautiful lips, and blessed the cup as she gave it. Under the open sky, in the odorous air of the orchard,Bending with golden fruit, was spread the feast of in the shade of the porch were the priest and the notary seated;There good Benedict sat, and sturdy Basil the far withdrawn from these, by the cider-press and the beehives,Michael the fiddler was placed, with the gayest of hearts
Poems . icts roof hospitality seemed more abundant:For Evangeline stood among the guests of her father;Bright was her face with smiles, and words of welcome and gladnessFell from her beautiful lips, and blessed the cup as she gave it. Under the open sky, in the odorous air of the orchard,Bending with golden fruit, was spread the feast of in the shade of the porch were the priest and the notary seated;There good Benedict sat, and sturdy Basil the far withdrawn from these, by the cider-press and the beehives,Michael the fiddler was placed, with the gayest of hearts and of and light from the leaves alternately played on his snow-whiteHair, as it waved in the wind; and the jolly face of the fiddlerGlowed like a living coal when the ashes are blown from the the old man sang to the vibrant sound of his fiddle,Tons les Bourgeois de Chartres, and Le Carillon de Dunkerqne,And anon with his wooden shoes beat time to the music. 30 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 forest.
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