 Dikes, that the hands of the farmers had raised with labor incessant, Shut out the turbulent tides ; but at stated seasons the flood-gates Opened, and welcomed the sea to wander at will o'er the meadows.  Poems - Page 141by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850Full view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 470 pages
...land, on the shores of the Basin of Minas, Distant, secluded, still, the little village of GrandPre Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched to...eastward, Giving the village its name, and pasture to Socks without number. Dikes, that the hands of the farmers had raised with labor incessant, Shut out... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1854 - 174 pages
...land, on the shores of the Basin of Minas, Distant, secluded, still, the little village of GrandPre Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched to...incessant, Shut out the turbulent tides ; but at stated Opened, and welcomed the sea to wander at will o'er the meadows. West and south there were fields of... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Acadians - 1854 - 124 pages
...and regard, and instigated them to a rebellion, which it was easy to foresee would end in their ruin. Vast meadows stretched to the eastward. Giving the...Dikes, that the hands of the farmers had raised with labour incessant, Shut out the turbulent tides. — PAGE 3. " Hunting and fishing gave way to agriculture,... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - American literature - 1854 - 580 pages
...on the shores of the Ba.sin of Minas, Distant, socluded, still, the little village of Grand Pre Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched to...eastward, Giving the village its name, and pasture to floeks without number. Dikes, that the hamls of the farmers had raised with labour incessant, Shtit... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 568 pages
...on the shores of the Basin of Minas, Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand-PrS Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched to...Dikes, that the hands of the farmers had raised with labour incessant, Shut out the turbulent tides ; but at stated seasons the flood-gates Opened, and... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 264 pages
...on the shores of the Basin of Minas, Distant, secluded, still, the little Tillage of Grand-Pr6 Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched to...Dikes, that the hands of the farmers had raised with labour incessant, Shut out the turbulent tides ; but at stated seasons the flood-gates Opened, and... | |
 | Campbell Hardy - Micmac Indians - 1855 - 344 pages
...the most beautiful poems of Longfellow. "In the Acadian land, on the shores of the Basin of Minaa, Distant, secluded, still, the little village of GrandLay...village its name, and pasture to flocks without number. For nearly a hundred miles, the Annapolis stage road will convey the delighted lover of fine scenery... | |
 | Campbell Hardy - Moose hunting - 1855 - 330 pages
...land, on the shores of the Basin of Minas, Distant, secluded, still, the little village of GrandPro Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched to...village its name, and pasture to flocks without number. For .nearly a hundred miles, the Annapolis stage road will convey the delighted lover of fine scenery... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - Periodicals - 1855 - 586 pages
...secluded, still, the little village of Grand-Pré Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretch'd to the eastward, Giving the village its name, and pasture to flocks without number, о ooooooo There, in the midst of its farms, reposed the Acadian village. Strongly built were the houses,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1856 - 810 pages
...on the shores of the Basiu of Minas, Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand-Pre Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched to...Dikes, that the hands of the farmers had raised with labour incessant, Shut out the turbulent tides ; but at stated seasons the flood-gates Opened, and... | |
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