The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Volume 4Houghton, Mifflin, 1901 |
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... leaves Of woodbine , hanging from the eaves Their crimson curtains rent and thin . As ancient is this hostelry As any in the land may be , Built in the old Colonial day , When men lived in a grander way , With ampler hospitality ; A ...
... leaves Of woodbine , hanging from the eaves Their crimson curtains rent and thin . As ancient is this hostelry As any in the land may be , Built in the old Colonial day , When men lived in a grander way , With ampler hospitality ; A ...
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... leaves , and dust , A moment quickened by its breath , Shuddered and danced their dance of death , And through the ancient oaks o'erhead Mysterious voices moaned and fled . But from the parlor of the inn A pleasant murmur smote the ear ...
... leaves , and dust , A moment quickened by its breath , Shuddered and danced their dance of death , And through the ancient oaks o'erhead Mysterious voices moaned and fled . But from the parlor of the inn A pleasant murmur smote the ear ...
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... leaves , and fountain's fall , And her own voice more sweet than all , Telling the tale , which , wanting these , Perchance may lose its power to please . " THE STUDENT'S TALE . THE FALCON OF SER FEDERIGO . INTERLUDE 81.
... leaves , and fountain's fall , And her own voice more sweet than all , Telling the tale , which , wanting these , Perchance may lose its power to please . " THE STUDENT'S TALE . THE FALCON OF SER FEDERIGO . INTERLUDE 81.
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... leaves Of a huge vine , that , with its arms outspread , Hung its delicious clusters overhead . Below him , through the lovely valley , flowed The river Arno , like a winding road , And from its banks were lifted high in air The spires ...
... leaves Of a huge vine , that , with its arms outspread , Hung its delicious clusters overhead . Below him , through the lovely valley , flowed The river Arno , like a winding road , And from its banks were lifted high in air The spires ...
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... leaf - shadows of the trellises , Herself , yet not herself ; a lovely child With flowing tresses , and eyes wide and wild , Coming undaunted up the garden walk , And looking not at him , but at the hawk . " Beautiful falcon ! " said he ...
... leaf - shadows of the trellises , Herself , yet not herself ; a lovely child With flowing tresses , and eyes wide and wild , Coming undaunted up the garden walk , And looking not at him , but at the hawk . " Beautiful falcon ! " said he ...
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Page 214 - SHIPS that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life we pass and speak one another, Only a look, and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.
Page 31 - It was one by the village clock When he galloped into Lexington. He saw the gilded weathercock Swim in the moonlight as he passed, And the meeting-house windows, blank and bare, Gaze at him with a spectral glare, As if they already stood aghast At the bloody work they would look upon. It was two by the village clock "When he came to the bridge in Concord town.
Page 29 - In their night-encampment on the hill, Wrapped in silence so deep and still That he could hear, like a sentinel's tread, The watchful night-wind, as it went Creeping along from tent to tent, And seeming to whisper, "All is well!
Page 114 - Plato, anticipating the Reviewers, From his Republic banished without pity The Poets ; in this little town of yours, You put to death, by means of a Committee, The ballad-singers and the Troubadours, The street-musicians of the heavenly city. The birds, who make sweet music for us all In our dark hours, as David did for Saul.
Page 115 - Think, every morning when the sun peeps through The dim, leaf-latticed windows of the grove, How jubilant the happy birds renew Their old, melodious madrigals of love ! And when you think of this, remember, too, 'Tis always morning somewhere, and above The awakening continents, from shore to shore, Somewhere the birds are singing evermore.
Page 111 - The robin and the bluebird, piping loud, Filled all the blossoming orchards with their glee ; The sparrows chirped as if they still were proud Their race in Holy Writ should mentioned be ; And hungry crows, assembled in a crowd, Clamored their piteous prayer incessantly, Knowing who hears the ravens cry, and said : " Give us, O Lord, this day, our daily bread...
Page 165 - Would the Vision there remain ? Would the Vision come again? Then a voice within his breast Whispered, audible and clear As if to the outward ear : " Do thy duty ; that is best ; Leave unto thy Lord the rest ! " Straightway to his feet he started, And with longing look intent On the Blessed Vision bent, Slowly from his cell departed, Slowly on his errand went. At the gate the poor were waiting, Looking through the iron grating, With that terror in the eye...
Page 28 - ... If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch Of the North Church tower as a signal light, — One, if by land, and two, if by sea; And I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and spread the alarm Through every Middlesex village and farm, For the country folk to be up and to arm.
Page 51 - Deaf to King Robert's threats and cries and prayers, They thrust him from the hall and down the stairs ; A group of tittering pages ran before, And as they opened wide the...
Page 31 - He heard the bleating of the flock, And the twitter of birds among the trees, And felt the breath of the morning breeze Blowing over the meadows brown. And one was safe and asleep in his bed Who at the bridge would be first to fall, Who that day would be lying dead, Pierced by a British musket-ball. You know the rest. In the books you have read, How the British Regulars fired and fled, — How the farmers gave them ball for ball, From behind each fence and farm-yard wall, Chasing the red-coats down...