...of aj y lc hexameter, which does not always scan, but which is almost ays musical and impressive— Fair was she and young, when in hope began the long...was she and old, when in disappointment it ended." „- . "lawatha," again, is written in a trochaic measure — each verse obtaining four trochees—...

...cities. Like a phantom she came, and passed away unrcmembered. Fair was she and young, when in hops began the long journey; Faded was she and old, when...disappointment it ended. Each succeeding year stole something uway from her beauty, Leaving behind it, broader and deeper, the gloom and the shadow. Then there appeared...

...Like a phantom she came, and passed away unremembered. Fair was she and young, when in hope began tbe long journey : Faded was she and old, when in disappointment...shadow. Then there appeared and spread faint streaks of gray o'er her forehead, Dawn of another life, that broke o'er her earthl horizon, As in the Eastern...

...dactylic hexameter, which does not always scan, but which is almost always musical and impressive—• " Fair was she and young, when in hope began the long...was she and old, when in disappointment it ended." The " Hiawatha," again, is written in a trochaic measure—each verse containing four trochees— "'Farewell!'...

...dactylic hexameter, which does not always scan, but which is almost always musical and impressive : — Fair was she and young, when in hope began the long...was she and old, when in disappointment it ended. The ' Hiawatha,' again, is written in a trochaic measure — each verse containing four trochees :...

...in these lines from Longfellow's Evangeline: "Then there appeared and spread faint streaks of gray o'er her forehead Dawn of another life, that broke o'er her earthly horizon. As in the east the first faint streaks of the morning." Goethe said : " 'Tis the sunset of life that lendeth...

...in these lines from Longfellow's Evaugeline: "Then there appeared and spread faint streaks of gray o'er her forehead Dawn of another life, that broke o'er her earthly horizon, As in the east the first faint streaks of the morning." Goethe said: " 'Tis the sunset of life that lendeth me...

...in these lines from Longfellow's Evangeline: "Then there appeared and spread faint streaks of gray o'er her forehead — Dawn of another life, that broke o'er her earthly horizon, As in the east the first faint streaks of the morning." Goethe said : " 'Tis the sunset of life that lendeth...

...admire more than the common-piace in expression. Very little people love to linger over such words as: Fair was she and young when in hope began the long...shadow, Then there appeared and spread faint streaks of gray o'er her forehead, Dawn of another life that broke o'er her earthly horizon, As in the Eastern...

...broader and deeper, the gloom and the shadow. Then there appeared and spread faint streaks of gray o'er her forehead, Dawn of another life, that broke o'er her earthly horizon, 1250 As in the eastern sky the first faint streaks of the morning. v. In that delightful land which...