The Children's Own LongfellowHoughton Mifflin, 1912 - 103 pages Contains eight of the most popular poems from Longfellow, who has been fitly called the children's poet. |
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... snow On his fixed and glassy eyes . Then the maiden clasped her hands and ... snow , Like a sheeted ghost , the vessel swept Tow'rds the reef of Norman's Woe . And ever the ... white and fleecy waves Looked soft 13 THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS.
... snow On his fixed and glassy eyes . Then the maiden clasped her hands and ... snow , Like a sheeted ghost , the vessel swept Tow'rds the reef of Norman's Woe . And ever the ... white and fleecy waves Looked soft 13 THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS.
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Illustrated Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded wool , But the ... snow ! Christ save us all from a death like this , On the reef of Norman's Woe ! THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH UNDER a ...
Illustrated Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded wool , But the ... snow ! Christ save us all from a death like this , On the reef of Norman's Woe ! THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH UNDER a ...
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... snow - white caps and in kirtles Scarlet and blue and green , with distaffs spinning the golden Flax for the gossiping looms , whose noisy shuttles within doors Mingled their sounds with the whir of the wheels and the songs of the ...
... snow - white caps and in kirtles Scarlet and blue and green , with distaffs spinning the golden Flax for the gossiping looms , whose noisy shuttles within doors Mingled their sounds with the whir of the wheels and the songs of the ...
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... snow - flakes ; White as the snow were his locks , and his cheeks as brown as the oak - leaves . Fair was she to behold , that maiden of seventeen sum- mers . Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside ...
... snow - flakes ; White as the snow were his locks , and his cheeks as brown as the oak - leaves . Fair was she to behold , that maiden of seventeen sum- mers . Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside ...
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... snow - white hide , and the ribbon that waved from her collar , Quietly paced and slow , as if conscious of human 29 EVANGELINE.
... snow - white hide , and the ribbon that waved from her collar , Quietly paced and slow , as if conscious of human 29 EVANGELINE.
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Acadian Adjidaumo aloft Anon answer bark Basil the blacksmith beautiful behold belfry Bellefontaine beneath Benedict birch canoe bosom bows BUILDING CASTLE-BUILDER cheer church clamorous darkness door eyes face farm-yard farmer father flax flocks forest Gabriel gazed gleamed goodly hand hear heard heart HESPERUS Kayoshk King of Fishes Kwasind labor land laugh light lips listened Little Chute LONG SERPENT look loud maiden mast Master meadows mighty moon morning Nahma night Nokomis notary notary public o'er ocean Old North Church Paul Revere PAUL REVERE'S RIDE paused pebbles Port Royal priest ride rising river rose Round sailed sand sang sank sea-gulls shadows shining ship ship-yard shore shouted side silent Slowly snow-white sorrow sound spake Spanish Main steed sturgeon sun-fish thee Thorberg Skafting thou tide Toiled Ugudwash unto vessel village of Grand-Pré voice waited wave wind wooden words yellow yellow water-lily