 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. West and south there were fields of flax, and orchards...  Poetical Works - Page 95by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 656 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 152 pages
...land, 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...flax, and orchards and cornfields Spreading afar and unfenced o'er the plain; and away to the northward Blomidon rose, and the forests old, and aloft on... | |
 | American periodicals - 1848 - 602 pages
...fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched to the eastward, Giving the village its name, and pasture to Hocks without number. Dikes, that the hands of the farmers...flax, and orchards and cornfields Spreading afar and unfenced o'er the plain ; and away to the northward Blomidon rose, and the forests old, and aloft on... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Acadians - 1848 - 182 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...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... | |
 | English literature - 1848 - 476 pages
...land, on the shores of the Basin of Minas, Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand- Pr£ Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched...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... | |
 | 1848 - 514 pages
...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...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 - 1848 - 176 pages
...laud, ou the shores of the Basin of Minas, Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand-Pre Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched...pasture to flocks without number. Dikes, that the liauds of the farmers had raised with labour incessant, Shut out the turbulent tides; but at stated... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1849 - 170 pages
...land, on the shores of the Basin of Minna. Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand-Pre Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched...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... | |
 | Thomas Powell - American literature - 1850 - 382 pages
...land, 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...flax, and orchards and cornfields Spreading afar and unfenced o'er the plain; and away to the northward Blomidon rose, and the forests old, and aloft on... | |
 | Thomas Powell - American literature - 1850 - 384 pages
...land, 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...flax, and orchards and cornfields Spreading afar and unfenced o'er the plain; and away to the northward Blomidon rose, and the forests old, and aloft on... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1850 - 476 pages
...land, on the shores of the Basin of Minas, Distant, secluded, still, the little village of GrandLay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched to...flax, and orchards and cornfields Spreading afar and unfenced o'er the plain ; and away to the northward Blomidon rose, and the forests old, and aloft on... | |
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