The Children's Own Longfellow: IllustratedHoughton Mifflin, 1906 - 103 pages This handsome volume contains eight of the most popular of Longfellow's poems, including "The Wreck of the Hesperus," "The Village Blacksmith," "Paul Revere's Ride," and excerpts from "The Song of Hiawatha." This title has been selected as a Common Core Text Exemplar (Grades 6-8, Poetry)" |
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Page 13
... gleamed through the gleaming snow On his fixed and glassy eyes . Then the maiden clasped her hands and prayed That saved she might be ; And she thought of Christ , who stilled the wave , On the Lake of Galilee . And fast through the ...
... gleamed through the gleaming snow On his fixed and glassy eyes . Then the maiden clasped her hands and prayed That saved she might be ; And she thought of Christ , who stilled the wave , On the Lake of Galilee . And fast through the ...
Page 22
... gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses ! Sweet was her breath as the breath of kine that feed in the meadows . When in the harvest heat she bore to the reapers at noontide Flagons of home - brewed ale , ah ! fair in sooth was ...
... gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses ! Sweet was her breath as the breath of kine that feed in the meadows . When in the harvest heat she bore to the reapers at noontide Flagons of home - brewed ale , ah ! fair in sooth was ...
Page 43
... wandered with Hagar ! IV Pleasantly rose next morn the sun on the village of Grand - Pré . Pleasantly gleamed in the soft , sweet air the Basin of Minas , Where the ships , with their wavering shadows , were 43 EVANGELINE.
... wandered with Hagar ! IV Pleasantly rose next morn the sun on the village of Grand - Pré . Pleasantly gleamed in the soft , sweet air the Basin of Minas , Where the ships , with their wavering shadows , were 43 EVANGELINE.
Page 50
... gleamed from the altar . Fervent and deep was the voice of the priest , and the people responded , Not with their lips alone , but their hearts ; and the Ave Maria Sang they , and fell on their knees , and their souls , with devotion ...
... gleamed from the altar . Fervent and deep was the voice of the priest , and the people responded , Not with their lips alone , but their hearts ; and the Ave Maria Sang they , and fell on their knees , and their souls , with devotion ...
Page 58
... gleamed no lights from the windows . But on the shores meanwhile the evening fires had been kindled , Built of the drift - wood thrown on the sands from wrecks in the tempest . Round them shapes of gloom and sorrowful faces were ...
... gleamed no lights from the windows . But on the shores meanwhile the evening fires had been kindled , Built of the drift - wood thrown on the sands from wrecks in the tempest . Round them shapes of gloom and sorrowful faces were ...
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Acadian Adjidaumo aloft Anon answer art thou bark Basil the blacksmith beautiful behold belfry Bellefontaine beneath Benedict birch canoe bosom bows build 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 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