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- Evangeline - Wikipedia
Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie is an epic poem by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, written in English and published in 1847 The poem follows an Acadian girl named Evangeline and her search for her lost love Gabriel during the expulsion of the Acadians (1755–1764)
- Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie - Academy of American Poets
But Evangeline’s heart was sustained by a vision, that faintly Floated before her eyes, and beckoned her on through the moonlight It was the thought of her brain that assumed the shape of a phantom Through those shadowy aisles had Gabriel wandered before her, And every stroke of the oar now brought him nearer and nearer
- Longfellows Works - Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's first epic poem, Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie, published in 1847, is a story of loss and devotion set against the deportation of the Acadian people in 1755
- Evangeline by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | Project Gutenberg
This famous work tells the story of the heart-wrenching separation of a young Acadian woman named Evangeline from her beloved, Gabriel, during the expulsion of the Acadians by the British It explores themes of love, longing, and the devastation caused by war
- Evangeline - Longfellow House Washingtons Headquarters National . . .
Evangeline is a poem with an epic scope Its protagonist spends decades searching for her lost lover, traveling a route created by Longfellow that encompasses a large part of what was the United States and its territories
- Longfellow’s Evangeline: The Birth and Acceptance of a Legend
In 1847, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote Evangeline as a tragic but fictional account of two lovers, Evangeline and Gabriel, who were separated on their wedding day during the expulsion of the Acadians from Acadie (present-day Nova Scotia, Canada)
- Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Read, review and discuss the Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow on Poetry com
- Evangeline | poem by Longfellow | Britannica
Longfellow was more at home in Evangeline (1847), a narrative poem that reached almost every literate home in the United States It is a sentimental tale of two lovers separated when British soldiers expel the Acadians (French colonists) from what is now Nova Scotia
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