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INTRODUCTION
xxi
Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic,
Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their
bosoms."
In the review, still describing the forest, he adds: " On a
wooden bridge you cross a little stream. Anon you come
forth into a pleasant and sunny land of farms." Perhaps
Longfellow was thinking of this stream when in
Evangeline (1. 10) he described the Acadian farmers as
" Men whose lives glided on like rivers that water the
woodlands."
In the review he says: "The houses in the villages are all
built of hewn timber." So likewise in Evangeline (Part I,
i, 1. 14):
"Strongly built were the houses, with frames of oak and of
hemlock."
Regarding Swedish hospitality, we read in the review:
" In many villages there are no taverns, and the peasants
take turns in receiving travellers. The thrifty housewife
shows you into the best chamber." It is not far from this
to Evangeline (Part I, iv, 11. 15-17):
"Every house was an inn, where all were welcomed and
feasted."
Sunday in Sweden made a deep impression upon
Longfellow. In the review he remarks: "If it be Sunday, the
peasants sit on the church steps and con their psalm-books.
Others are coming down the road with their beloved
pastor, who talks to them of holy things from beneath his
broad-brimmed hat." Very similar is the picture in
Evangeline (Part I, i, 11. 18-27):
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