Evangeline

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line	Single notes were then heard, in sorrowful, low lamentation;

880	Till, having gathered them all, he flung them abroad in derision, As when, after a storm, a gust of wind through the tree-tops Shakes down the rattling rain in a crystal shower on the branches. With such a prelude as this, and hearts that throbbed with emotion, Slowly they entered the Têche, where it flows through the green Opelousas,
885	And, through the amber air, above the crest of the woodland, Saw the column of smoke that arose from a neighboring dwelling; – Sounds of a horn they heard, and the distant lowing of cattle.

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