 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 Richard Fox Bourne - 1869 - 456 pages
...Basin of Minas, Distant, secluded, still, the little' village of Grand-1're Lay in the fmitful valh'y. 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; but at stated seasons the floodgates Opened, and welcomed... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1870 - 642 pages
...on the shores of the Basin 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 floodgates Opened, and welcomed... | |
 | James De Mille - Adventure stories - 1870 - 336 pages
...land, on the shores of the Basin of .Minus, Distant secluded still, the little village of Grand Pr6 Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched to...without number. Dikes that the hands of the farmers had reared with labor incessant, THE BASIN OF MINAS. 29 Shut out the turbulent tides ; but at stated seasons... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...on the shores of the Basin of Minas, Distant, secluded, still, the little village of GrandPré Lay ; Ыюг incessant. Shut out the turbulent tides ; but at stated seasons the Hood-gates Opened, and welcomed... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...the shores of the Basin of Minas, Distant, secluded, still, the little village of GrandPré Layinthe s and dwums are such a baw, — Why don't the pawties...compwamise t Of cawce, the twoilet has its chawms ont the turbulent tides ; but at stated seasons the flood-gates Opened, and welcomed the sea to wander... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1872 - 730 pages
...on the shores of the Basin of Minas, Distant, seclnded, still, the little village of Grand-Pre Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched to...pasture to flocks without number. Dikes, that the handsofthefarmers had raised with labour incessant, Shut out the turbulent tides; but at stated seasons... | |
 | Pádraig Ó Seaghdha - 1878 - 462 pages
...on the shores of the Basin of Minas, Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand-Pre' Lay, in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched to...the village its name, and pasture to flocks without n'-jnber. Dykes, that the hands of the farmers had raised with labor incessant, Opened, and welcomed... | |
 | Moses Foster Sweetser - Maritime Provinces - 1875 - 366 pages
...on the shores of the Basin of Minas, Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand Pré Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched to...labor incessant, Shut out the turbulent tides ; but at certain seasons the flood-gates Opened, and welcomed the sea to wander at will o'er the meadows. West... | |
 | james r. osgood and company - 1875 - 382 pages
...on the shores of the Basin of Minas, Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand Pre Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched to...labor incessant, Shut out the turbulent tides; but at certain seasons the flood-gates Opened, and welcomed the sea to wander at will o'er the meadows. West... | |
 | Maritime provinces - 1875 - 412 pages
...on the shores of the Basin of Minas, Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand Pré Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched to...labor incessant, Shut out the turbulent tides; but at certain seasons the flood-gates Opened, and weleomed the sea to wander at will o'er the meadows. West... | |
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