Poems . Laughed when a man was crowned, or a breach was made in the , apart, in the twilight gloom of a windows embrasure,Sat the lovers, and whispered together, beholding the moon riseOver the pallid sea and the silvery mist of the , one by one, in the infinite meadows of the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels. Thus passed the evening away. Anon the bell from the belfryRang out the hour of nine, the village curfew, and straightwayRose the guests and departed; and silence reigned in the household. EVANGELINE. 25 Many a farewell wor
Poems . Laughed when a man was crowned, or a breach was made in the , apart, in the twilight gloom of a windows embrasure,Sat the lovers, and whispered together, beholding the moon riseOver the pallid sea and the silvery mist of the , one by one, in the infinite meadows of the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels. Thus passed the evening away. Anon the bell from the belfryRang out the hour of nine, the village curfew, and straightwayRose the guests and departed; and silence reigned in the household. EVANGELINE. 25 Many a farewell word and sweet good-night on the doorstepLingered long in Evangelines heart, and filled it with Carefully then were covered the embers that glowed on the on the oaken stairs resounded the tread of the with a soundless step the foot of Evangeline the staircase moved a luminous space in the darkness, 26 EVANGELINE. Lighted less by the lamp than the shining face of the she passed through the hall, and entered the door of her that chamber was, with its curtains of white and its clothes-pressAmple and high, on whose spacious shelves were carefully foldedLinen and woollen stuffs, by the hand of Evangeline was the precious dower she would bring to her husband in marriage,Better than nocks and herds, being proofs of her skill as a she extinguished her lamp, for the mellow and radiant moonlightStreamed through the windows, and lighted the room, till the heart of the maidenSwelled and obeyed its power, like the tremulous tides of the ! she was fair, exceeding fair to behold, as she stoo
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