 I SHOT an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, 1 knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and strong.  The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Page 315by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 432 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Mackergo Taylor - 1877 - 416 pages
...Cornelius sends me away to-night with a new interpretation of the poet's lyric : " I shot an aif ow info the air : It fell to earth I knew not where ; For...Could not follow it in its flight. "I breathed (a song^nto the air : It fell to earth I knew(not where ; For who has sight so keen^nd strong That it... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 634 pages
...the cares that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where j For, so swiftly it flew, the Right Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the... | |
 | John Dempster Bell - 1878 - 480 pages
...potently live in the world, since his burial, for more than twenty-three centuries. Longfellow sings : " I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For so swift it flew, the sight Could not follow it, in its flight. " I breathed a song into the air, It fell... | |
 | George Dana Boardman - 1880 - 356 pages
...for us or against us. Words are immortal. u I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I know not where ; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could...I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I know not where; For who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song? " Long,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1881 - 1000 pages
...prayers, our tears, Our faith triumphant o'er onr fears, Are all with thee, — are all with thee! usic spoke naught like thine. For memory dwelling...of the river Lee. I've heard bells tolling old Adr hath sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song t Long, long afterward, iii an... | |
 | William Mellen Chamberlain - 1881 - 408 pages
...moment, while taxing her memory for a song; and then, in a very pure and sympathetic voice, began: — " I shot an arrow into the air; It fell to earth, I...it in its flight. " I breathed a song into the air j It fell to earth, I knew not where. For who has sight so keen and strong That it can follow the flight... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth [extracts] Longfellow - 1881 - 466 pages
...18o5. DECEMBEE 22. Give what you have. To some one, it may be better than you dare to think. KAYANAGH. I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I...flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. 1 breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, 1 knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1882 - 1002 pages
...our tears, Our faith triumphant o'er our fears, Are all with thee, — are all with thoe ! THE AKROW s far and wide, Fresh flowers ; while the sun shines...hear! — But there's a tree, of many one, A single hath night so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song Т Long, long afterward, in an... | |
 | Mrs. Meldrum - 1882 - 212 pages
...them. Music by HW BALFE. Poetry by LONGFELLOW. I shot an arrow into the air. It fell to earth I know not where ; For so swiftly it flew, the sight Could...the air. It fell to earth I knew not where ; For who hath sight so keen and strong That it can follow the flight of a song ? Long, long afterward in an... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1886 - 698 pages
...listen! As it passes thus between us, How its wavelets laugh and glisten In the head of old Silenus I THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air,...fell to earth, I knew not where; For, so swiftly it (lew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth,... | |
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