There the richest was poor, and the poorest lived in abundance Gentle evangeline lived, his child, and the pride of the village Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers Black, yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses! Evangeline origin and meaning the name evangeline is a girl's name of greek origin meaning bearer of good news Evangeline is a romantic old name enjoying a major comeback, thanks to its religious overtones, eva's popularity, and the star of the tv megahit lost, evangeline lilly.
Henry wadsworth longfellow's first epic poem, evangeline A tale of acadie, published in 1847, is a story of loss and devotion set against the deportation of the acadian people in 1755. Evangeline is a poem with an epic scope Its protagonist spends decades searching for her lost lover, traveling a route created by longfellow that encompasses a large part of what was the united states and its territories. Even if evangeline, or emmeline labiche, did not exist, there were plenty of women who lived, suffered and died like she did It is likely that the legend perseveres because of its romantic appeal and its testimonial to the enduring spirit of the acadian people.
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