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Evangeline

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the careful moulding by which art attains the graceful ease and chaste simplicity of nature— John Greenleaf Whittier, American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery (1807-1892)
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What holds a promise together when exile tears a whole village apart?

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the careful moulding by which art attains the graceful ease and chaste simplicity of nature
John Greenleaf Whittier, American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery (1807-1892) · John Greenleaf Whittier: A Portrait in Paradox · Source
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"Sunday, October.—Took five little children to drive in the afternoon, and stopped at Longfellow's. It was delightful to see their enjoyment and his.
Annie Fields, American writer (1834–1915) · Authors and Friends

Product details

Author
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
First publication of the work
1847
Edition language
English
Available languages
25
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Audiobook length
1 h 47 min
Publisher
Library of Alexandria Press LLC

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