The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. With Prefatory Notice, [and] ... Engravings on SteelGall & Inglis, 1855 - 640 pages |
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... O'er blossomed orchards , and fields in bloom , And through the momentary gloom Of shadows o'er the landscape trailing . Longfellow's visits to continental Europe have left marked traces in his poetry . No man of culture can pass even ...
... O'er blossomed orchards , and fields in bloom , And through the momentary gloom Of shadows o'er the landscape trailing . Longfellow's visits to continental Europe have left marked traces in his poetry . No man of culture can pass even ...
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... o'er me from above ; The calm majestic presence of the night , As of the one I love . " Equally remarkable is the absence of national enthusiasm , to the indulgence of which he might have been often tempted by the contrast between the ...
... o'er me from above ; The calm majestic presence of the night , As of the one I love . " Equally remarkable is the absence of national enthusiasm , to the indulgence of which he might have been often tempted by the contrast between the ...
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... o'er the water , Shook from his little throat such floods of delicious music , That the whole air , and the woods , and the waves seemed silent to listen . Plaintive at first were the tones and sad , then , soaring to madness , Seemed ...
... o'er the water , Shook from his little throat such floods of delicious music , That the whole air , and the woods , and the waves seemed silent to listen . Plaintive at first were the tones and sad , then , soaring to madness , Seemed ...
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... o'er the meadows . West and south there were fields of flax , and orchards , and corn- fields , Spreading afar and unfenced o'er the plain ; and away to the northward Blomidon rose , and the forests old , and aloft on the mountains Sea ...
... o'er the meadows . West and south there were fields of flax , and orchards , and corn- fields , Spreading afar and unfenced o'er the plain ; and away to the northward Blomidon rose , and the forests old , and aloft on the mountains Sea ...
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... o'er a box for the poor , or the blessed image of Mary . Farther down , on the slope of the hill , was the well with its moss- grown Bucket , fastened with iron , and near it a trough for the horses . Shielding the house from storms ...
... o'er a box for the poor , or the blessed image of Mary . Farther down , on the slope of the hill , was the well with its moss- grown Bucket , fastened with iron , and near it a trough for the horses . Shielding the house from storms ...
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Acadian angels art thou BARTOLOME beautiful behold Belfry of Bruges bell beneath birds blessed breast breath bright brooklet child CHISPA clouds CRUZADO dark dead death DON CARLOS dost dream earth Edenhall ELSIE Evangeline eyes face fair father fear flowers forest FRIAR CUTHBERT Gipsy gleam gold golden Golden Legend GOTTLIEB Grand-Pré grave hand hear heard heart heaven Hoheneck holy HYPOLITO king land LARA light lips look Lord loud LUCIFER maiden Minnesinger monks moon night Nils Juel Nova Scotia o'er PADRE CURA pass poem Pray prayer PRECIOSA priest PRINCE HENRY rise river round sail Saint Salern sang shadows shalt shining silent singing sleep soft song sorrow soul sound stand star stood sweet Tharaw thee thine thou art thou hast thought unto URSULA VICTORIAN village voice walls wandered wave wild wind window words youth
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Page 189 - 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 th.ee.
Page 409 - The shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior ! His brow was sad ; his eye beneath, Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior...
Page 49 - And with them the being beauteous, Who unto my youth was given, More than all things else to love me, And is now a saint in heaven. With a slow and noiseless footstep, Comes that messenger divine, Takes the vacant chair beside me, Lays her gentle hand in mine.
Page 48 - 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 take heart again.
Page 321 - But the father answered never a word, A frozen corpse was he. Lashed to the helm, all stiff and stark, With his face turned to the skies, The lantern 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.
Page 410 - There in the twilight cold and gray, Lifeless, but beautiful, he lay, And from the sky, serene and far, A voice fell, like a falling star — Excelsior!
Page 48 - He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. "My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled; "Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child. "They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear.
Page 5 - Homeward serenely she walked with God's benediction upon her. When she had passed, it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music.
Page 320 - Then leaped her cable's length. 'Come hither! come hither! my little daughter, And do not tremble so; For I can weather the roughest gale, That ever wind did blow.
Page 201 - ALL are architects of Fate, Working in these walls of Time : Some with massive deeds and great, Some with ornaments of rhyme. Nothing useless is, or low ; Each thing in its place is best ; And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest.