 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 - Poetry - 1866 - 300 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 - 1866 - 120 pages
...land, on the shores of the Basin of Minas, Distant, secluded, still, the little village Grand-PrtS 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 - 1868 - 410 pages
...Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand-Pré Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meaáuws stretched to the eastward, Giving the village its...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 Richard Fox Bourne - Great Britain - 1869 - 444 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...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 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
...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...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...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
...land, on the shores of the Basin of Minas, Distant, secluded, still, the little village of GrandPré hade ; 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
...land, 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...pasture to flocks without number. Dikes, that the handsofthefarmers had raised with labour incessant, Shut out the turbulent tides; but at stated seasons... | |
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