...by the pines of the forest ; List to a Tale of Love in Acadie, home of the happy. PART THE FIRST. IN the Acadian land, on the shores of the Basin of Minas,...eastward, Giving the village its name, and pasture to flocks without number. Shut out the turbulent tides : but at stated seasons the flood-gates Opened,...

...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...eastward, Giving the village its name, and pasture to flocks without number. Dikes, that the hands of the farmers liad raised with labor incessant, Shut...

...on shipboard." — Sweetser. Longfellow, in his "Evangeline," thus speaks of Grand Pré : — " In the Acadian land, on the shores of the Basin of Minas, Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand Prf Lay in the fruitful valley, vast meadows stretched to the eastward Giving the village its...

...pines of the forest ; List to a Tale of Love in Acadie, home of the happy. PAET THE FIRST. : • Is the Acadian land, on the shores of the Basin of Minas, Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand-Pré Lav in the fraitful valley. Vast meadows stretched to the eastward, Giving the village its...

...far from its base is nestled the little village rendered famous in Longfellow's immortal poem : " In the Acadian land, on the shores of the Basin of Minas Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand Pr£ Lay in the fruitful valley." Many traces still remain of the \vork of the French settlers...

...is a row of vast and ancient willow pollards. The scene before us is well described by the poet — Vast meadows stretched to the eastward, Giving the village its name, and pasture to flocks without number ; West and south there were fields of flax, and orchards and cornfields, Spreading...

...is a row of vast and ancient willow pollards. The scene before us is well described by the poet — Vast meadows stretched to the eastward, Giving the village its name, and pasture to flocks without number ; West ftnd south there were fields of flax, and orchards and cornfields, Spreading...

...Acadia ; and whoever has gone into that land with the poet is sure to return to it again in dreams. " In the Acadian land, on the shores of the Basin of Minas,...eastward, Giving the village its name, and pasture to flocks without number. Dikes, that the hands of the farmers had raised with labor incessant, Shut out...

...the cruelty, even if it did not exist. The story begins with the description of the village : " In the Acadian land, on the shores of the Basin of Minas, Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand-Pré Lay in the fruitful valley." The poet has selected the meter of the Iliad and ^Eneid, and...

...deep-voiced neighboring ocean Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answers the wail of the forest. In the Acadian land, on the shores of the Basin of Minas, Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand-Pr6 Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched to the eastward, Giving the village its...