The Acadians by James Laxer

Author:James Laxer [Laxer, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-385-67289-4
Publisher: Doubleday Canada
Published: 2006-05-15T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 9

EVANGELINE

Where is the thatch-roofed village, the home of Acadian farmers—Men whose lives glided on like rivers that water the woodlands, Darkened by shadows of earth, but reflecting an image of heaven? Waste are those pleasant farms, and the farmers forever departed! Scattered like dust and leaves, when the mighty blasts of October Seize them, and whirl them aloft, and sprinkle them far o’er the ocean. Naught but tradition remains of the beautiful village of Grand-Pré. Ye who believe in affection that hopes, and endures, and is patient, Ye who believe in the beauty and strength of woman’s devotion, List to the mournful tradition still sung by the pines of the forest; List to a Tale of Love in Acadie, home of the happy.

—HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW, Evangeline

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