The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. With prefatory noticeGall & Inglis, 1881 - 700 pages |
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... thought I used to lie , And gaze into the summer sky , Where the sailing clouds went by , Like ships upon the sea . " But in these others , - " Learn that henceforth thy song shall be , Not mountains capped with snow , Nor forests ...
... thought I used to lie , And gaze into the summer sky , Where the sailing clouds went by , Like ships upon the sea . " But in these others , - " Learn that henceforth thy song shall be , Not mountains capped with snow , Nor forests ...
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... thought and diction , and that transparency of meaning , which render his compositions classic ; for nothing can be more alien from the classic models than the substi- tution of the outré for the forcible , and the pretension to pro ...
... thought and diction , and that transparency of meaning , which render his compositions classic ; for nothing can be more alien from the classic models than the substi- tution of the outré for the forcible , and the pretension to pro ...
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... Bright visions , came to me , As lapped in thought I used to lie , And gaze into the summer sky , Where the sailing clouds went by , Like ships upon the sea ; Dreams that the soul of youth engage Ere Fancy has VOICES OF THE NIGHT Prelude.
... Bright visions , came to me , As lapped in thought I used to lie , And gaze into the summer sky , Where the sailing clouds went by , Like ships upon the sea ; Dreams that the soul of youth engage Ere Fancy has VOICES OF THE NIGHT Prelude.
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... thought Is wedded unto thee , as hearts are wed ; Nor shall they fail , till , to its autumn brought Life's golden fruit is shed . AUTUMN . WITH What a glory comes and goes the year ! The buds of spring , those beautiful harbingers Of ...
... thought Is wedded unto thee , as hearts are wed ; Nor shall they fail , till , to its autumn brought Life's golden fruit is shed . AUTUMN . WITH What a glory comes and goes the year ! The buds of spring , those beautiful harbingers Of ...
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... thought , When the fast ushering star of Morning comes O'er - riding the gray hills with golden scarf ; Or when the ... thoughts from earth , As to the sunshine and the pure bright air Their tops the green trees lift . Hence gifted bards ...
... thought , When the fast ushering star of Morning comes O'er - riding the gray hills with golden scarf ; Or when the ... thoughts from earth , As to the sunshine and the pure bright air Their tops the green trees lift . Hence gifted bards ...
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Page 96 - Tis of the wave and not the rock; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore. Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee.
Page 5 - In the world's broad field of battle, In the bivouac of Life, Be not like dumb, driven cattle! Be a hero in the strife! Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead Past bury its dead! Act, — act in the living Present! Heart within, and God o'erhead! Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall...
Page 96 - Thou too, sail on, O Ship of State ! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great ! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate ! We know what Master laid thy keel, What Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope...
Page 538 - This was the peasant's last Good-night, A voice replied, far up the height, Excelsior ! At break of day, as heavenward The pious monks of Saint Bernard Uttered the oft-repeated prayer, A voice cried through the startled air Excelsior ! A traveller, by the faithful hound, Half-buried in the snow was found, Still grasping in his hand of ice That banner with the strange device Excelsior ! There in the twilight cold and gray, Lifeless, but beautiful, he lay, And from the sky, serene and far, A voice...
Page 437 - OFTEN I think of the beautiful town * That is seated by the sea ; Often in thought go up and down The pleasant streets of that dear old town, And my youth comes back to me. And a verse of a Lapland song Is haunting my memory still : " A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.
Page 535 - Her cheeks like the dawn of day, And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds, That ope in the month of May. The skipper he stood beside the helm, His pipe was in his mouth, And he watched how the veering flaw did blow The smoke now west, now south. Then up and spake an old saildr, Had sailed the Spanish Main, " I pray thee, put into yonder port, For I fear a hurricane.
Page 104 - Thus do we walk with her, and keep unbroken The bond which nature gives, Thinking that our remembrance, though unspoken, May reach her where she lives. Not as a child shall we again behold her; For when with raptures wild In our embraces we again enfold her, She will not be a child; But a fair maiden, in her Father's mansion, Clothed with celestial grace; And beautiful with all the soul's expansion Shall we behold her face. And though at times impetuous with emotion And anguish long suppressed, The...
Page 538 - and rest Thy weary head upon this breast ' " A tear stood in his bright blue eye, But still he answered, with a sigh, Excelsior ! " Beware the pine-tree's withered branch ! Beware the awful avalanche ! " This was the peasant's last Good-night, A voice replied, far up the height, Excelsior ! At break of day, as heavenward The pious monks of Saint Bernard Uttered the oft-repeated prayer, A voice cried through the startled air, Excelsior ! A...
Page 269 - Ye whose hearts are fresh and simple, Who have faith in God and Nature, Who believe, that in all ages Every human heart is human, That in even savage bosoms There are longings, yearnings, strivings For the good they comprehend not, That the feeble hands and helpless, Groping blindly in the darkness, Touch God's right hand in that darkness And are lifted up and strengthened...
Page 104 - In the elder days of Art, Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute and unseen part; For the gods see everywhere. Let us do our work as well, Both the unseen and the seen; Make the house where gods may dwell Beautiful, entire, and clean.