The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. With prefatory noticeGall & Inglis, 1855 - 640 pages |
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... 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 they to ...
... 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 they to ...
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... water the woodlands , Darkenened by shadows of earth , but reflecting an image of heaven ? Waste are those pleasant farms , and the farmers for ever departed ! Scattered like dust and leaves , when the mighty blasts of October Seize ...
... water the woodlands , Darkenened by shadows of earth , but reflecting an image of heaven ? Waste are those pleasant farms , and the farmers for ever departed ! Scattered like dust and leaves , when the mighty blasts of October Seize ...
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... water the horses , And of the white Létiche , the ghost of a child who unchristened Died , and was doomed to haunt unseen the chambers of children ; And how on Christmas eve the oxen talked in the stable , And how the fever was cured by ...
... water the horses , And of the white Létiche , the ghost of a child who unchristened Died , and was doomed to haunt unseen the chambers of children ; And how on Christmas eve the oxen talked in the stable , And how the fever was cured by ...
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... Waters , Seizes the hills in his hands , and drags them down to the ocean , Deep in their sands to bury the scattered bones of the mammoth . Friends they sought , and homes , and many , despairing , heart- broken , Asked of the earth ...
... Waters , Seizes the hills in his hands , and drags them down to the ocean , Deep in their sands to bury the scattered bones of the mammoth . Friends they sought , and homes , and many , despairing , heart- broken , Asked of the earth ...
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... waters , returning Back to their springs , like the rain , shall fill them full of refresh- ment ; That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain . Patience ; accomplish thy labour ; accomplish thy work of affection ...
... waters , returning Back to their springs , like the rain , shall fill them full of refresh- ment ; That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain . Patience ; accomplish thy labour ; accomplish thy work of affection ...
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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 399 - 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 400 - 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.