Excerpt from The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: Four Volumes in Two; Vols; I., II Seize them, and whirl them aloft, and sprinkle them far o'er the ocean, Naught but tradition remains of the beautiful village of Grand Pre. Ye who believe in affection that hopes, and endures, and is patient, Ye who believe in the beauty and strength of woman's devo tion, List to the mournful tradition still sung by the pines of the for est List to a Tale of Love in Acadie, home of the happy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.