Evangeline

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line	Meanwhile, amid the gloom, by the church Evangeline lingered.
510	All was silent within; and in vain at the door and the windows Stood she, and listened and looked, till, overcome by emotion, 'Gabriel!' cried she aloud with tremulous voice; but no answer Came from the graves of the dead, nor the gloomier grave of the living. Slowly at length she returned to the tenantless house of her father.

515	Smouldered the fire on the hearth, on the board was the supper untasted, Empty and drear was each room, and haunted with phantoms of terror. Sadly echoed her step on the stair and the floor of her chamber. In the dead of the night she heard the disconsolate rain fall Loud on the withered leaves of the sycamore-tree by the window.
520	Keenly the lightning flashed; and governed the voice of the echoing thunder Told her that God was in heaven, and governed the world He created! Then she remembered the tale she had heard of the justice of Heaven; Soothed was her troubled soul, and she peacefully slumbered till morning.

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