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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). The idea for the poem came from Longfellow's friend Nathaniel ...
Hanging between two skies, a cloud with edges of silver, Floated the boat, with its dripping oars, on the motionless water. Filled was Evangeline's heart with inexpressible sweetness. Touched by the magic spell, the sacred fountains of feeling. Glowed with the light of love, as the skies and waters around her.
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. The poem elevated Longfellow to be the most famous writer in America and has had a lasting cultural impact, especially in Nova Scotia and Louisiana, where most ...
In Saint Martinville …ground for the story of Evangeline made famous in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem. Evangeline’s romance with Gabriel is perpetuated in the Longfellow-Evangeline State Commemorative Area just outside the town. St. Martin’s Church (1832) replaced an earlier structure (1765) that was the mother church of the Acadians; the grave of Emmeline…
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,
Evangeline crée ou réveille une mystique acadienne. . .Les Acadiens adoptent, comme leur épopée nationale, l’oeuvre d’un étranger qui ne les a jamais vus, jamais approchés ailleurs que dans quelques archives. Ils oublient d’ailleurs le poète. Evangeline. . .n’est pas une légende, et c’est autre chose qu’un symbole.