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Part II, Section I

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) · 1847

dactylic hexameter · unrhymed · 75 lines · from Evangeline

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MANY a weary year had passed since the burning of Grand-Pré,When on the falling tide the freighted vessels departed,Bearing a nation, with all its household gods, into exile,Exile without an end, and without an example in story.Far asunder, on separate coasts, the Acadians landed;Scattered were they, like flakes of snow, when the wind from the northeastStrikes aslant through the fogs that darken the Banks of Newfoundland.Friendless, homeless, hopeless, they wandered from city to city,From the cold lakes of the North to sultry Southern savannas,--From the bleak shores of the sea to the lands where the Father of WatersSeizes the hills in his hands, and drags them down to the ocean,Deep in their sands to bury the scattered bones of the mammoth.Friends they sought and homes; and many, despairing, heart-broken,Asked of the earth but a grave, and no longer a friend nor a fireside.Written their history stands on tablets of stone in the churchyards.Long among them was seen a maiden who waited and wandered,Lowly and meek in spirit, and patiently suffering all things.Fair was she and young; but, alas! before her extended,Dreary and vast and silent, the desert of life, with its pathwayMarked by the graves of those who had sorrowed and suffered before her,Passions long extinguished, and hopes long dead and abandoned,As the emigrant's way o'er the Western desert is marked byCamp-fires long consumed, and bones that bleach in the sunshine.Something there was in her life incomplete, imperfect, unfinished;As if a morning of June, with all its music and sunshine,Suddenly paused in the sky, and, fading, slowly descendedInto the east again, from whence it late had arisen.Sometimes she lingered in towns, till, urged by the fever within her,Urged by a restless longing, the hunger and thirst of the spirit,She would commence again her endless search and endeavor;Sometimes in churchyards strayed, and gazed on the crosses and tombstones,Sat by some nameless grave, and thought that perhaps in its bosomHe was already at rest, and she longed to slumber beside him.Sometimes a rumor, a hearsay, an inarticulate whisper,Came with its airy hand to point and beckon her forward.Sometimes she spake with those who had seen her beloved and known him,But it was long ago, in some far-off place or forgotten."Gabriel Lajeunesse!" they said; "O yes! we have seen him.He was with Basil the blacksmith, and both have gone to the prairies;Coureurs-des-Bois are they, and famous hunters and trappers,""Gabriel Lajeunesse!" said others; "O yes! we have seen him.He is a Voyageur in the lowlands of Louisiana."Then would they say: "Dear child! why dream and wait for him longer?Are there not other youths as fair as Gabriel? othersWho have hearts as tender and true, and spirits as loyal?Here is Baptiste Leblanc, the notary's son, who has loved theeMany a tedious year; come, give him thy hand and be happy!Thou art too fair to be left to braid St. Catherine's tresses."Then would Evangeline answer, serenely but sadly, "I cannot!Whither my heart has gone, there follows my hand, and not elsewhere.For when the heart goes before, like a lamp, and illumines the pathway,Many things are made clear, that else lie hidden in darkness."Thereupon the priest, her friend and father-confessor,Said, with a smile, "O daughter! thy God thus speaketh within thee!Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted;If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters, returningBack to their springs, like the rain, shall fill them full of refreshment;That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.Patience; accomplish thy labor; accomplish thy work of affection!Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike.Therefore accomplish thy labor of love, till the heart is made godlike,Purified, strengthened, perfected, and rendered more worthy of heaven!"Cheered by the good man's words, Evangeline labored and waited.Still in her heart she heard the funeral dirge of the ocean,But with its sound there was mingled a voice that whispered, "Despair not!"Thus did that poor soul wander in want and cheerless discomfort,Bleeding, barefooted, over the shards and thorns of existence.Let me essay, O Muse! to follow the wanderer's footsteps;--Not through each devious path, each changeful year of existence;But as a traveller follows a streamlet's course through the valley:Far from its margin at times, and seeing the gleam of its waterHere and there, in some open space, and at intervals only;Then drawing nearer its banks, through sylvan glooms that conceal it,Though he behold it not, he can hear its continuous murmur;Happy, at length, if he find the spot where it reaches an outlet.

Words in this poem 25
aslant adv.
Toward one side; in a slanting direction; obliquely. [Pref. a- + slant.]
friendless a.
Destitute of friends; forsaken. [AS. freóndleás.]
homeless a.
Destitute of a home. [AS.hamleas.]
despairing a.
Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless.
fireside n.
A place near the fire or hearth; home; domestic life or retirement.
patiently adv.
In a patient manner.
dreary a.
Sorrowful; distressful. [OE. dreori, dreri, AS. dreórig, sad; akin to G. traurig, and prob. to AS. dreósan to fall, Goth. driusan. Cf. Dross, Drear, Drizzle, Drowse.]
pathway n.
A footpath; a beaten track; any path or course. Also used figuratively.
sorrowed a.
Accompanied with sorrow; sorrowful.
sunshine n.
The light of the sun, or the place where it shines; the direct rays of the sun, the place where they fall, or the warmth and light which they give.
fading n.
An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song.
nameless a.
Without a name; not having been given a name; as, a nameless star.
hearsay n.
Report; rumor; fame; common talk; something heard from another.
beckon v. t.
To make a significant sign to; hence, to summon, as by a motion of the hand.
blacksmith n.
A smith who works in iron with a forge, and makes iron utensils, horseshoes, etc. [Black (in allusion to the color of the metal) + smith. Cf. Whitesmith.]
voyageur n.
A traveler; -- applied in Canada to a man employed by the fur companies in transporting goods by the rivers and across the land, to and from the remote stations in the Northwest. [F., fr. voyager to travel. See Voyage.]
serenely adv.
In a serene manner; clearly.
sadly adv.
Wearily; heavily; firmly.
whither adv.
To what place; -- used interrogatively; as, whither goest thou [OE. whider. AS. hwider; akin to E. where, who; cf. Goth. hvadre whither. See Who, and cf. Hither, Thither.]
thereupon adv.
Upon that or this; thereon.
shall v. i.
To owe; to be under obligation for. [OE. shal, schal, imp. sholde, scholde, AS. scal, sceal, I am obliged, imp. scolde, sceolde, inf. sculan; akin to OS. skulan, pres. skal, imp. skolda, D. zullen,]
dirge n.
A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany funeral rites; a funeral hymn. [Contraction of Lat. dirige, direct thou (imperative of dirigere), the first word of a funeral hymn (Lat. transl. of Psalm v. 8) beginning, "Dirige, Domine, in c]
barefooted a.
Having the feet bare.
devious a.
Out of a straight line; winding; varying from directness; as, a devious path or way. [L. devius; de + via way. See Viaduct.]
changeful a.
Full of change; mutable; inconstant; fickle; uncertain.

Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.

About this text

Part II, Section I is in the public domain. This text is taken from Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie, Project Gutenberg ebook #2039; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.

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Form and metre

Part II, Section I is 75 lines in a single verse paragraph. It is unrhymed, as far as the pronouncing dictionary can tell. 70% of its stressed syllables fall where the metre puts the beat. The lines average 15.2 syllables. 49 lines end on an unstressed syllable, a feminine ending. 13% of the lines run on without a stop at the line end.

Measured by Laurel's pipeline, not copied from a handbook: how stress and metre are counted, how rhyme is lettered, how a drifted rhyme is found. Where the dictionary cannot confirm a rhyme the letter is withheld, not guessed.

Rhyme words, stanza by stanza

The word that ends each line, lettered by the rhyme it makes; a dash is a line whose rhyme the dictionary could not confirm.

  1. 1 -------------A-A-A----B-B-B----CC--C----------------------------DD--------- — · departed · exile · story · landed · northeast · newfoundland · city · savannas · waters · ocean · mammoth · broken · firesideA · churchyards · wanderedA · things · extendedA · pathway · her · abandoned · by · sunshineB · unfinished · sunshineB · descended · arisenB · her · spirit · endeavor · tombstones · bosomC · himC · whisper · forward · himC · forgotten · him · prairies · trappers · him · louisiana · longer · others · loyal · thee · happy · tresses · cannot · elsewhere · pathway · darkness · confessor · thee · wasted · returning · refreshment · fountain · affection · godlike · godlike · heaven · waited · ocean · notD · discomfortD · existence · footsteps · existence · valley · water · only · it · murmur · outlet
Scansion, line by line

Each line with its syllable count and the stresses the words themselves fix: / stressed, ˘ unstressed, · a syllable the word leaves free and the metre decides. How this is done.

LineSyl.Stress
MANY a weary year had passed since the burning of Grand-Pré,15/˘·/˘·····/˘···
When on the falling tide the freighted vessels departed,14···/˘··/˘/˘˘/˘
Bearing a nation, with all its household gods, into exile,15/˘·/˘···/····/·
Exile without an end, and without an example in story.16/·········˘/˘·/˘
Far asunder, on separate coasts, the Acadians landed;15·˘/˘·/˘······/˘
Scattered were they, like flakes of snow, when the wind from the northeast15/˘············/
Strikes aslant through the fogs that darken the Banks of Newfoundland.15·˘/····/˘···/˘˘
Friendless, homeless, hopeless, they wandered from city to city,15/˘/˘/˘·/˘·/˘·/˘
From the cold lakes of the North to sultry Southern savannas,--15········/˘/˘˘/˘
From the bleak shores of the sea to the lands where the Father of Waters17············/˘·/˘
Seizes the hills in his hands, and drags them down to the ocean,15/˘···········/˘
Deep in their sands to bury the scattered bones of the mammoth.15·····/˘·/˘···/˘
Friends they sought and homes; and many, despairing, heart-broken,14······/˘˘/˘·/˘
Asked of the earth but a grave, and no longer a friend nor a fireside.18·········/˘····/˘·
Written their history stands on tablets of stone in the churchyards.15/˘·/˘··/˘····/·
Long among them was seen a maiden who waited and wandered,15·······/˘·/˘·/˘
Lowly and meek in spirit, and patiently suffering all things.15/˘···/·/˘˘/˘˘··
Fair was she and young; but, alas! before her extended,14······˘/···˘/˘
Dreary and vast and silent, the desert of life, with its pathway16/˘···/˘·/˘····/·
Marked by the graves of those who had sorrowed and suffered before her,16········/˘·/˘···
Passions long extinguished, and hopes long dead and abandoned,15/˘·˘/˘˘·····˘/˘
As the emigrant's way o'er the Western desert is marked by15··/˘˘···/˘/˘···
Camp-fires long consumed, and bones that bleach in the sunshine.15·/˘·˘/˘······/·
Something there was in her life incomplete, imperfect, unfinished;16/˘·····˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘
As if a morning of June, with all its music and sunshine,15···/˘·····/˘·/·
Suddenly paused in the sky, and, fading, slowly descended15/˘˘·····/˘/˘˘/˘
Into the east again, from whence it late had arisen.14····˘/·····˘/˘
Sometimes she lingered in towns, till, urged by the fever within her,16˘/·/˘······/˘···
Urged by a restless longing, the hunger and thirst of the spirit,16···/˘/˘·/˘····/˘
She would commence again her endless search and endeavor;14··˘/˘/·/˘··˘/˘
Sometimes in churchyards strayed, and gazed on the crosses and tombstones,15˘/·/······/˘·/·
Sat by some nameless grave, and thought that perhaps in its bosom15···/˘····˘/··/˘
He was already at rest, and she longed to slumber beside him.16··˘/˘······/˘·/·
Sometimes a rumor, a hearsay, an inarticulate whisper,16˘/·/˘·/··˘˘/˘˘/˘
Came with its airy hand to point and beckon her forward.14···/˘····/˘·/˘
Sometimes she spake with those who had seen her beloved and known him,15˘/········˘/···
But it was long ago, in some far-off place or forgotten.15····˘/······˘/˘
"Gabriel Lajeunesse!" they said; "O yes! we have seen him.14/˘˘˘/˘········
He was with Basil the blacksmith, and both have gone to the prairies;16···/˘·/·······/˘
Coureurs-des-Bois are they, and famous hunters and trappers,"14·······/˘/˘·/˘
"Gabriel Lajeunesse!" said others; "O yes! we have seen him.15/˘˘˘/˘·/˘······
He is a Voyageur in the lowlands of Louisiana."15·······/··˘·˘/˘
Then would they say: "Dear child! why dream and wait for him longer?14············/˘
Are there not other youths as fair as Gabriel? others14···/˘····/˘˘/˘
Who have hearts as tender and true, and spirits as loyal?14····/˘···/˘·/˘
Here is Baptiste Leblanc, the notary's son, who has loved thee15··˘/˘/·/˘˘·····
Many a tedious year; come, give him thy hand and be happy!16/˘·/˘˘········/˘
Thou art too fair to be left to braid St. Catherine's tresses."14··········/˘/˘
Then would Evangeline answer, serenely but sadly, "I cannot!17··˘/˘·/˘˘/˘·/˘·/˘
Whither my heart has gone, there follows my hand, and not elsewhere.15/˘·····/˘····/·
For when the heart goes before, like a lamp, and illumines the pathway,17···············/·
Many things are made clear, that else lie hidden in darkness."14/˘·······/˘·/˘
Thereupon the priest, her friend and father-confessor,13·˘/·····/˘˘/˘
Said, with a smile, "O daughter! thy God thus speaketh within thee!15·····/˘···/˘···
Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted;16···/˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘·/˘
If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters, returning17··˘/····˘/˘·/˘˘/˘
Back to their springs, like the rain, shall fill them full of refreshment;15············˘/˘
That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.15···/˘··˘/˘/··/˘
Patience; accomplish thy labor; accomplish thy work of affection!17/˘˘/˘·/˘˘/˘···˘/˘
Sorrow and silence are strong, and patient endurance is godlike.16/˘·/˘···/˘/˘˘·/˘
Therefore accomplish thy labor of love, till the heart is made godlike,17··˘/˘·/˘·······/˘
Purified, strengthened, perfected, and rendered more worthy of heaven!"16/˘·/˘˘/˘·/˘·/˘·/
Cheered by the good man's words, Evangeline labored and waited.15······˘/˘·/˘·/˘
Still in her heart she heard the funeral dirge of the ocean,15·······/˘˘···/˘
But with its sound there was mingled a voice that whispered, "Despair not!"16······/˘···/˘˘/·
Thus did that poor soul wander in want and cheerless discomfort,15·····/˘···/˘˘/˘
Bleeding, barefooted, over the shards and thorns of existence.15/˘/·˘·······˘/˘
Let me essay, O Muse! to follow the wanderer's footsteps;--15··˘/···/˘·/˘˘/·
Not through each devious path, each changeful year of existence;15···/˘˘··/˘··˘/˘
But as a traveller follows a streamlet's course through the valley:16···/˘˘/˘······/˘
Far from its margin at times, and seeing the gleam of its water16···/˘···/˘····/˘
Here and there, in some open space, and at intervals only;15·····/˘···/˘˘/˘
Then drawing nearer its banks, through sylvan glooms that conceal it,15·/˘/˘···/˘··˘/·
Though he behold it not, he can hear its continuous murmur;16··˘/······˘/˘˘/˘
Happy, at length, if he find the spot where it reaches an outlet.16/˘·········/˘·/·

On this poem

SEC. I. The Search Begun. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. SEC. II. On the Mississippi. STUDY OF THE TEXT. (1.) Lessons I-XXVII. (2.) Composition Subjects. The questions on the following pages are intended to be suggestive of lines of study. Others of like or different import will occur to the teacher. Don't be confined to the written questions. Many others will be needed to bring out the artistic and spiritual values of the poem and to keep the thread of the story in mind. Pupils are expected to know the meaning of words and the particular one the author employs. The understanding of a passage often depends on the meaning of a single word. (See Part III.) SUGGESTIVE QUESTIONS. SEC. I. Landing. Search Begun. Lesson XIV, Lines 666-705. How long time has elapsed since the embarking? What were the Acadian's Household Gods? Why was the exile without an end? Why should the author use this comparison about their scattering? Explain fully about the seizing of the hills. What was the attitude of many Acadians? Of Evangeline? What is the desert of life? Why so called? What makes life a desert? Explain fully lines 683-687. What was there singular about Evangeline's life? What effect had this on her life? What was the inarticulate whisper that came to her? Pressing On. Lesson XV, Lines 706-740. What is a voyageur? What was Evangeline advised to do by her friends? Should she have followed their advice? Give reason. What was it to braid St. Catherine's tresses? What do you think
Notes from the edition 521

Notes from Evangeline, with Notes and Plan of Study (Project Gutenberg #15390).

  1. Line 1 The Boatmen.
  2. Line 1 The Great West.
  3. Line 1 Acadian Life. (Contrast with present.)
  4. Line 1 primeval
  5. Line 1 incessant
  6. Line 1 stalworth
  7. Line 1 antique
  8. Line 1 desolate
  9. Line 1 instinct
  10. Line 1 untimely
  11. Line 1 floss
  12. Line 1 brazen
  13. Line 1 anon
  14. Line 1 clamorous
  15. Line 1 sonorous
  16. Line 1 chancel
  17. Line 1 mysterious
  18. Line 1 confusion
  19. Line 1 consoling
  20. Line 1 overwhelmed
  21. Line 1 voyageur
  22. Line 1 cumbrous
  23. Line 1 corridors
  24. Line 1 countenance
  25. Line 1 magician
  26. Line 1 garlands
  27. Line 1 mortals
  28. Line 1 entranced
  29. Line 1 perpetual
  30. Line 1 venison
  31. Line 1 towering
  32. Line 1 interlacing
  33. Line 1 sylvan
  34. Line 1 pestilence
  35. Line 1 flowerets
  36. Line 1 The poem has been compared with another version already on Gutenberg-- (vngln10). Where the two disagreed, this text was carefully re-checked to ensure the text and punctuation matched those on the scanned image.
  37. Line 2 The Journey.
  38. Line 2 Old Camp Fires.
  39. Line 2 The Notary.
  40. Line 2 Druids
  41. Line 2 floodgates
  42. Line 2 stately
  43. Line 2 penitent
  44. Line 2 tropical
  45. Line 2 superbly
  46. Line 2 blighted
  47. Line 2 wisdom
  48. Line 2 emblem
  49. Line 2 curfew
  50. Line 2 hamlets
  51. Line 2 garlands
  52. Line 2 mien
  53. Line 2 splendor
  54. Line 2 thither
  55. Line 2 haggard
  56. Line 2 terror
  57. Line 2 freighted
  58. Line 2 loyal
  59. Line 2 kith
  60. Line 2 multitudinous
  61. Line 2 legibly
  62. Line 2 wand
  63. Line 2 mystic
  64. Line 2 renowned
  65. Line 2 irrepressible
  66. Line 2 jagged
  67. Line 2 companions
  68. Line 2 crucifix
  69. Line 2 mendicant
  70. Line 2 apostle
  71. Line 2 presaged
  72. Line 2 terrible
  73. Line 2 The following apparent errors in the source text were corrected: Poem Line 73 'bessings' changed to blessings. 346 'manoeuvre': the oe ligature was split. 668 'goods' changed to Gods. 692 full stop added to line end. 718 'father-confessor': hyphen added. 840 'their' changed to there. 850 'reverened' changed to reverend. 909 'spar' changed to spars. 909 'tropcis' changed to tropics. 1083 'rivre' changed to river. 1256 'reecho' changed to re-echo.
  74. Line 2 Line 713 has been copied and inserted from vgln10. This was missing in the book, but was referenced in the notes; the line numbering also showed a missing line between 710 and 715.
  75. Line 3 Forebodings of Ill.
  76. Line 3 The Shawnee--Confidences.
  77. Line 3 Character of Gabriel.
  78. Line 3 eld
  79. Line 3 reposed
  80. Line 3 gleamed
  81. Line 3 odorous
  82. Line 3 inclement
  83. Line 3 ponderous
  84. Line 3 bursting
  85. Line 3 supernal
  86. Line 3 presided
  87. Line 3 straightway
  88. Line 3 holiday
  89. Line 3 sacred
  90. Line 3 awed
  91. Line 3 emblazoned
  92. Line 3 thronged
  93. Line 3 caresses
  94. Line 3 wailed
  95. Line 3 exile
  96. Line 3 tedious
  97. Line 3 kin
  98. Line 3 reverberant
  99. Line 3 oblivion
  100. Line 3 landscape
  101. Line 3 flaunted
  102. Line 3 triumphal
  103. Line 3 devious
  104. Line 3 gorge
  105. Line 3 swarthy
  106. Line 3 rural
  107. Line 3 granaries
  108. Line 3 balm
  109. Line 3 naught
  110. Line 3 anguish
  111. Line 3 No other (deliberate) changes have made to the poem. There remain a number of minor word and punctuation differences between this and vngln10.
  112. Line 4 The Sleep.
  113. Line 4 March Resumed.
  114. Line 4 Character of Evangeline.
  115. Line 4 prophetic
  116. Line 4 peasants
  117. Line 4 tresses
  118. Line 4 meek
  119. Line 4 mantles
  120. Line 4 gestures
  121. Line 4 lurk
  122. Line 4 languished
  123. Line 4 corrupted
  124. Line 4 lingered
  125. Line 4 blithe
  126. Line 4 dissonant
  127. Line 4 clamorous
  128. Line 4 ambrosial
  129. Line 4 imprisoned
  130. Line 4 unperturbed
  131. Line 4 swoon
  132. Line 4 few-acred
  133. Line 4 mysterious
  134. Line 4 screen
  135. Line 4 mingled
  136. Line 4 Yule-tide
  137. Line 4 enraptured
  138. Line 4 manifold
  139. Line 4 emigrant
  140. Line 4 reverses
  141. Line 4 chapel
  142. Line 4 pillage
  143. Line 4 emblem
  144. Line 4 brackish
  145. Line 4 assume
  146. Line 4 Special characters. A number of characters used in the notes to describe pronunciation do not exist in ASCII. The following conventions have been used to represent them: [a] 'a' + Macron; ('a' with a horizontal line above). [o] 'o' + Macron; ('o' with a horizontal line above). [=e] 'e' + Macron; ('e' with a horizontal line above). [)a] 'a' with a curved line above - like horns. [)e] 'e' with a curved line above - like horns. [.a] 'a' with a single dot above End of Project Gutenberg's Evangeline, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  147. Line 5 The Bugle.
  148. Line 5 The Mission.
  149. Line 5 The Betrothal Feast.
  150. Line 5 On the River. (Compare mode of traveling with present ones by land and water.)
  151. Line 5 hoar
  152. Line 5 thatched
  153. Line 5 sooth
  154. Line 5 innocent
  155. Line 5 hoarded
  156. Line 5 fantastic
  157. Line 5 outskirts
  158. Line 5 warier
  159. Line 5 oppressed
  160. Line 5 reigned
  161. Line 5 jocund
  162. Line 5 clangor
  163. Line 5 solemn
  164. Line 5 celestial
  165. Line 5 wayworn
  166. Line 5 mortals
  167. Line 5 asunder
  168. Line 5 oblivious
  169. Line 5 serenely
  170. Line 5 sombre
  171. Line 5 grim
  172. Line 5 trance
  173. Line 5 inexpressible
  174. Line 5 girded
  175. Line 5 hilarious
  176. Line 5 Carthusian
  177. Line 5 precipitate
  178. Line 5 compassion
  179. Line 5 intricate
  180. Line 5 vigorous
  181. Line 5 fain
  182. Line 5 margin
  183. Line 5 portals
  184. Line 6 The Passing.
  185. Line 6 Patience.
  186. Line 6 The Scene on the Shore.
  187. Line 6 caverns
  188. Line 6 tranquil
  189. Line 6 turret
  190. Line 6 variant
  191. Line 6 advent
  192. Line 6 fragments
  193. Line 6 anxious
  194. Line 6 ripe
  195. Line 6 condemned
  196. Line 6 resounded
  197. Line 6 greensward
  198. Line 6 convened
  199. Line 6 accents
  200. Line 6 charity
  201. Line 6 foremost
  202. Line 6 Titan-like
  203. Line 6 despairing
  204. Line 6 trance
  205. Line 6 illumines
  206. Line 6 turbulent
  207. Line 6 myriads
  208. Line 6 vague
  209. Line 6 delirious
  210. Line 6 luxuriant
  211. Line 6 marvelled
  212. Line 6 inundate
  213. Line 6 ceaseless
  214. Line 6 mute
  215. Line 6 aerial
  216. Line 6 magnet
  217. Line 6 appease
  218. Line 6 oppressor
  219. Line 6 exhausted
  220. Line 7 Evangeline's Dream.
  221. Line 7 Rumors. On to Michigan.
  222. Line 7 disconsolate
  223. Line 7 vanes
  224. Line 7 hyssop
  225. Line 7 devotion
  226. Line 7 pious
  227. Line 7 carols
  228. Line 7 dubious
  229. Line 7 unchristened
  230. Line 7 convinced
  231. Line 7 luminous
  232. Line 7 thronged
  233. Line 7 clement
  234. Line 7 vigils
  235. Line 7 emotion
  236. Line 7 inexhaustible
  237. Line 7 quivering
  238. Line 7 extended
  239. Line 7 multitude
  240. Line 7 confession
  241. Line 7 chutes
  242. Line 7 resplendent
  243. Line 7 superstition
  244. Line 7 plaintive
  245. Line 7 spacious
  246. Line 7 ci-devant
  247. Line 7 indefinable
  248. Line 7 vibrations
  249. Line 7 dissolving
  250. Line 7 vespers
  251. Line 7 suspended
  252. Line 7 haunts
  253. Line 7 scourge
  254. Line 7 infinite
  255. Line 8 Journey Continued.
  256. Line 8 Years of Search. SEC. V. Search Ended. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
  257. Line 8 Home of Basil. (Contrast with the home in Acadia.)
  258. Line 8 roe
  259. Line 8 distaffs
  260. Line 8 chaplet
  261. Line 8 craft
  262. Line 8 magical
  263. Line 8 treadles
  264. Line 8 scythe
  265. Line 8 doomed
  266. Line 8 congealed
  267. Line 8 ample
  268. Line 8 hospitality
  269. Line 8 grievous
  270. Line 8 profane
  271. Line 8 meekness
  272. Line 8 sacred
  273. Line 8 martyr
  274. Line 8 desert
  275. Line 8 pallid
  276. Line 8 enrich
  277. Line 8 emerged
  278. Line 8 sylvan
  279. Line 8 revealed
  280. Line 8 roaring
  281. Line 8 symbol
  282. Line 8 domains
  283. Line 8 measureless
  284. Line 8 amorphas
  285. Line 8 weird
  286. Line 8 swarded
  287. Line 8 fragile
  288. Line 8 molested
  289. Line 8 splendor
  290. Line 8 reverberations
  291. Line 9 Arrival. SEC. III. Re-union. Search Again. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. SEC. IV. Search Continued.
  292. Line 9 The Mission.
  293. Line 9 glided
  294. Line 9 gossiping
  295. Line 9 missal
  296. Line 9 repute
  297. Line 9 landscape
  298. Line 9 diligent
  299. Line 9 besieged
  300. Line 9 haunt
  301. Line 9 tankard
  302. Line 9 spacious
  303. Line 9 betrothal
  304. Line 9 forfeited
  305. Line 9 compassion
  306. Line 9 gloomier
  307. Line 9 strength
  308. Line 9 dismay
  309. Line 9 sultry
  310. Line 9 extinguished
  311. Line 9 refreshments
  312. Line 9 lagoons
  313. Line 9 suspended
  314. Line 9 credulous
  315. Line 9 revel
  316. Line 9 limitless
  317. Line 9 patriarchal
  318. Line 9 marvel
  319. Line 9 blast
  320. Line 9 incantation
  321. Line 9 benignant
  322. Line 9 descendants
  323. Line 9 wending
  324. Line 9 sylvan
  325. Line 10 The Search and its Reward. Select the lines that appeal to you most. Select the lines that show the most beautiful sentiment. Select the lines that contain the best pictures. PART III. SPELLING AND DEFINING. The work of spelling and defining may be carried on with the study of the text of the poem, or at the conclusion of this study. In the former case allow a week or more to pass after using a selection as a Reading lesson before studying it as a Spelling lesson, that the reading may not degenerate into a word-study. The words selected are those which should form a part of the pupil's vocabulary. The fact that the context largely determines the meaning of a word should be made clear in this study, and the particular meaning the author employs in the poem should be required. The pupil's discrimination will at first be poor, but he soon develops considerable skill and judgment. I
  326. Line 10 reflecting
  327. Line 10 reverend
  328. Line 10 generations
  329. Line 10 pedagogue
  330. Line 10 consoled
  331. Line 10 monotonous
  332. Line 10 contract (n.)
  333. Line 10 marvellous
  334. Line 10 dower
  335. Line 10 waistcoats
  336. Line 10 transported
  337. Line 10 assail
  338. Line 10 tenantless
  339. Line 10 submission
  340. Line 10 anguish
  341. Line 10 bleak
  342. Line 10 consumed
  343. Line 10 landscape
  344. Line 10 endurance
  345. Line 10 wimpling
  346. Line 10 moored
  347. Line 10 frenzied
  348. Line 10 cordage
  349. Line 10 dispensed
  350. Line 10 comet
  351. Line 10 blight
  352. Line 10 phantom
  353. Line 10 wigwam
  354. Line 10 luxuriant
  355. Line 10 hamlets
  356. Line 10 corridors
  357. Line 10 vanished
  358. Line 11 adopt
  359. Line 11 hailing
  360. Line 11 ethereal
  361. Line 11 autumnal
  362. Line 11 blended
  363. Line 11 jovial
  364. Line 11 glebe
  365. Line 11 lore
  366. Line 11 contention
  367. Line 11 mellow
  368. Line 11 alternately
  369. Line 11 wail
  370. Line 11 rebuke
  371. Line 11 haunted
  372. Line 11 affliction
  373. Line 11 dawned
  374. Line 11 incomplete
  375. Line 11 senses
  376. Line 11 perfected
  377. Line 11 luxuriant
  378. Line 11 travelers
  379. Line 11 idle
  380. Line 11 Bacchantes
  381. Line 11 arrayed
  382. Line 11 profusion
  383. Line 11 oracular
  384. Line 11 pinions
  385. Line 11 enchanted
  386. Line 11 mother-tongue
  387. Line 11 fragrance
  388. Line 11 illumined
  389. Line 11 intermingled
  390. Line 11 vainly
  391. Line 12 tradition
  392. Line 12 serenely
  393. Line 12 confession
  394. Line 12 expired
  395. Line 12 subdued
  396. Line 12 content
  397. Line 12 inkhorn
  398. Line 12 demeanor
  399. Line 12 manoeuvre
  400. Line 12 tremulous
  401. Line 12 embers
  402. Line 12 imprecations
  403. Line 12 contrition
  404. Line 12 phantoms
  405. Line 12 procession
  406. Line 12 skirt (v.)
  407. Line 12 lingered
  408. Line 12 sacred
  409. Line 12 rendered
  410. Line 12 perpetual
  411. Line 12 buoy
  412. Line 12 lamentation
  413. Line 12 adverse
  414. Line 12 congeals
  415. Line 12 annointed
  416. Line 12 implacable
  417. Line 12 enchantress
  418. Line 12 chase (n.)
  419. Line 12 hue
  420. Line 12 transfigured
  421. Line 12 assiduous
  422. Line 12 humble
  423. Line 13 affliction
  424. Line 13 belfry
  425. Line 13 benediction
  426. Line 13 populous
  427. Line 13 arrayed
  428. Line 13 accustomed
  429. Line 13 rejoice
  430. Line 13 molest
  431. Line 13 pallid
  432. Line 13 serenely
  433. Line 13 vibrant
  434. Line 13 distorted
  435. Line 13 fervent
  436. Line 13 echoed
  437. Line 13 approached
  438. Line 13 aspect
  439. Line 13 rumor
  440. Line 13 glare
  441. Line 13 labored
  442. Line 13 citron
  443. Line 13 pendulous
  444. Line 13 betrays
  445. Line 13 derision
  446. Line 13 vent
  447. Line 13 ploughshare
  448. Line 13 delicious
  449. Line 13 scaling
  450. Line 13 sombre
  451. Line 13 submissive
  452. Line 13 perilous
  453. Line 13 abnegation
  454. Line 13 pallets
  455. Line 13 ebbing
  456. Line 14 endures
  457. Line 14 incense
  458. Line 14 exquisite
  459. Line 14 wondrous
  460. Line 14 adorned
  461. Line 14 forebodings
  462. Line 14 worthy
  463. Line 14 irascible
  464. Line 14 infinite
  465. Line 14 flitted
  466. Line 14 mingled
  467. Line 14 allegiance
  468. Line 14 translated
  469. Line 14 disconsolate
  470. Line 14 wayside
  471. Line 14 affrighted
  472. Line 14 hearsay
  473. Line 14 dirges
  474. Line 14 despair
  475. Line 14 bayou
  476. Line 14 illusions
  477. Line 14 prelude
  478. Line 14 misgivings
  479. Line 14 accordant
  480. Line 14 fasting
  481. Line 14 taciturn
  482. Line 14 audible
  483. Line 14 afflicted
  484. Line 14 divers
  485. Line 14 diffused
  486. Line 14 languid
  487. Line 14 throbbing
  488. Line 15 patient II
  489. Line 15 contentment III
  490. Line 15 envy IV
  491. Line 15 valiant V
  492. Line 15 surmises VI
  493. Line 15 mandate VII
  494. Line 15 notary VIII
  495. Line 15 triumphs IX
  496. Line 15 breach X
  497. Line 15 Abraham XI
  498. Line 15 noblest XII
  499. Line 15 merciless XIII
  500. Line 15 ardor XIV
  501. Line 15 keenly XV
  502. Line 15 mischances XVI
  503. Line 15 nethermost XVII
  504. Line 15 inarticulate XVIII
  505. Line 15 embarking XIX
  506. Line 15 essay (v.) XX
  507. Line 15 sluggish XXI
  508. Line 15 regions XXII
  509. Line 15 Eden XXIII
  510. Line 15 amber XXIV
  511. Line 15 embarrassed XXV
  512. Line 15 melodious XXVI
  513. Line 15 famine XXVII
  514. Line 15 anchorite XXIII
  515. Line 15 indefinite XXIX
  516. Line 15 betimes XXX
  517. Line 15 dawn XXXI
  518. Line 15 aroma XXXIII
  519. Line 15 consolor XXXIV
  520. Line 15 customs Transcriber's notes:
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