Poems . ad farewell, Evangeline went from the Mission. When over weary ways, by long and perilous marches, She had attained at length the depths of the Michigan forests, Found she the hunters lodge deserted and fallen to ruin! Thus did the long sad years glide on, and in seasons and placesDivers and distant far was seen the wandering maiden:—Now in the tents of grace of the meek Moravian Missions,Now in the noisy camps and the battle-fields of the army,Now in secluded hamlets, in towns and populous a phantom she came, and passed away was she and young, when in hop
Poems . ad farewell, Evangeline went from the Mission. When over weary ways, by long and perilous marches, She had attained at length the depths of the Michigan forests, Found she the hunters lodge deserted and fallen to ruin! Thus did the long sad years glide on, and in seasons and placesDivers and distant far was seen the wandering maiden:—Now in the tents of grace of the meek Moravian Missions,Now in the noisy camps and the battle-fields of the army,Now in secluded hamlets, in towns and populous a phantom she came, and passed away was she and young, when in hope began the long journey;Faded was she and old, when in disappointment it succeeding year stole something away from her beauty,Leaving behind it, broader and deeper, the gloom and the there appeared and spread faint streaks of grey oer her forehead,Dawn of another life, that broke oer her earthly horizon^As in the eastern sky the first faint streaks of the morning. 80 V. In that delightful land which is washed by the Delawares waters,Guarding in sylvan shades the name of Penn the apostle,Stands on the banks of its beautiful stream the city he all the air is balm, and the peach is the emblem of beauty,And the streets still reecho the names of the trees of the forest,As if they fain would appease the Dryads whose haunts they from the troubled sea had Evangeline landed, an exile,Finding among the children of Penn a home and a country. EVANGELINE. 81 There old Rene Leblanc had died; and when he departed, Saw at his side only one of all his hundred descendants. Something- at least there was in the friendly streets of the city, Something that spake to her heart, and made her no longer a stranger, And her ear was pleased with the Thee and Thou of the Quakers, For it recalled the past, the old Acadian country, Where all men were equal, and all were brothers and sisters. So, when the fruitless search, the disappointed en
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