EVANGELINE:

A TALE OF ACADIE.

BY

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HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW.

ILLUSTRATED

WITII FORTY-FIVE ENGRAVINGS ON WOOD,

FROM DESIGNS BY JANE E. BENHAM, BIRKET FOSTER, AND JOHN GILBERT,

BOSTON:

TICKNOR, REED, AND FIELDS.

MDCCCL.

EMB

PUBLIC LIBRARY

975468A

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1849, by

H. W. LONGFELLOW,

in the Clerk's Office, of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

MQB 19 FEB 36

II. "Waste are those pleasant farms, and the farmers for ever departed."

BIRKET FOSTER. 2

III. "Solemnly down the street came the parish priest, and the children
Paused in their play to kiss the hand he extended to bless them."

IV. "Homeward serenely she walked with God's benediction upon her."

V. "Firmly builded with rafters of oak, the house of the farmer
Stood on the side of a hill commanding the sea."

VI. "Farther down, on the slope of the hill, was the well with its moss-grown
Bucket, fastened with iron, and near it a trough for the horses."

VII. "Many a youth as he knelt in the church and opened his missal,
Fixed his eyes upon her, as the saint of his deepest devotion."

VIII. "Father Felician, priest and pedagogue both in the village, had
taught them their letters

Out of the selfsame book, with the hymns of the church and the
plain song."

IX. "There at the door they stood with wondering eyes to behold him
Take in his leathern lap the hoof of the horse as a plaything."

X. "Oft in the barns they climbed to the populous nests on the rafters."

JANE E. BENHAM. 9

JANE E. BENHAM. 10

BIRKET FOSTER. 11

BIRKET FOSTER. 12

XI. "Foremost, bearing the bell, Evangeline's beautiful heifer,

Proud of her snow-white hide, and the ribbon that waved from her
collar."

XII. "Late, with the rising moon, returned the wains from the marshes,
Laden with briny hay, that filled the air with its odour."

XIII. "Not so thinketh the folk in the village,' said, warmly, the blacksmith,
Shaking his head, as in doubt."

XIV.

"More than a hundred

Children's children rode on his knee, and heard his great watch tick," JOHN GILBERT.

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XV.

"In friendly contention the old men Laughed at each lucky hit, or unsuccessful manœuvre."

XVI. "Many a farewell word and sweet good-night on the door-step
Lingered long in Evangeline's heart, and filled it with gladness."

JANE E. BENHAM. 25

XVII. "For Evangeline stood among the guests of her father;

Bright was her face with smiles, and words of welcome and gladness
Fell from her beautiful lips, and blessed the cup as she gave it."

JANE E. BENHAM. 27

XVIII. "Now from the country around, from the farms and the neighbouring

hamlets,

Came in their holiday dresses the blithe Acadian peasants."

BIRKET FOSTER. 28

XIX.

'Merrily, merrily whirled the wheels of the dizzying dances
Under the orchard-trees and down the path to the meadows."

BIRKET FOSTER. 30

XX.

"Without, in the churchyard,

Waited the women. They stood by the graves, and hung on the

head-stones

Garlands of autumn leaves and evergreens fresh from the forest." BIRKET FOSTER. 31

XXI. "Then, all forgetful of self, she wandered into the village,

XXII.

Cheering with looks and words the disconsolate hearts of the women." JANE E. BENHAM, 35

"Marching in gloomy procession Followed the long-imprisoned, but patient, Acadian farmers."

JANE E. BENHAM. 37