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
... wave , On the Lake of Galilee . And fast through the midnight dark and drear , Through the whistling sleet and snow ... waves Looked soft 13 THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS.
... wave , On the Lake of Galilee . And fast through the midnight dark and drear , Through the whistling sleet and snow ... waves Looked soft 13 THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS.
Page 14
Illustrated Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded wool , But the cruel rocks , they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull . Her rattling shrouds , all sheathed in ice ...
Illustrated Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded wool , But the cruel rocks , they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull . Her rattling shrouds , all sheathed in ice ...
Page 77
... oily flesh of Nahma , Till the waves washed through the rib - bones , Till the sea - gulls came no longer , And upon the sands lay nothing But the skeleton of Nahma . THE BUILDING OF THE SHIP BUILD me straight , O HIAWATHA.
... oily flesh of Nahma , Till the waves washed through the rib - bones , Till the sea - gulls came no longer , And upon the sands lay nothing But the skeleton of Nahma . THE BUILDING OF THE SHIP BUILD me straight , O HIAWATHA.
Page 78
... wave and whirlwind wrestle ! " The merchant's word Delighted the Master heard ; For his heart was in his work , and the heart Giveth grace unto every Art . A quiet smile played round his lips , As the eddies and dimples of the tide Play ...
... wave and whirlwind wrestle ! " The merchant's word Delighted the Master heard ; For his heart was in his work , and the heart Giveth grace unto every Art . A quiet smile played round his lips , As the eddies and dimples of the tide Play ...
Page 80
... wave and whirlwind wrestle ! Covering many a rood of ground , Lay the timber piled around ; Timber of chestnut , and elm , and oak , And scattered here and there , with these , The knarred and crooked cedar knees ; Brought from regions ...
... wave and whirlwind wrestle ! Covering many a rood of ground , Lay the timber piled around ; Timber of chestnut , and elm , and oak , And scattered here and there , with these , The knarred and crooked cedar knees ; Brought from regions ...
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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