The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth LongfellowJ. R. Osgood, 1874 - 363 pages |
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... Thou art no more a child ! " The land of Song within thee lies , Watered by living springs ; The lids of Fancy's sleepless eyes Are gates unto that Paradise , Holy thoughts , like stars , arise , Its clouds are angels ' wings . " Learn ...
... Thou art no more a child ! " The land of Song within thee lies , Watered by living springs ; The lids of Fancy's sleepless eyes Are gates unto that Paradise , Holy thoughts , like stars , arise , Its clouds are angels ' wings . " Learn ...
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... Thou beckonest with thy mailed hand , And I am strong again . Within my breast there is no light But the cold light ... thou , too , whosoe'er thou art , That readest this brief psalm , As one by one thy hopes depart , Be resolute and ...
... Thou beckonest with thy mailed hand , And I am strong again . Within my breast there is no light But the cold light ... thou , too , whosoe'er thou art , That readest this brief psalm , As one by one thy hopes depart , Be resolute and ...
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... thou wouldst be spared ! " Take thy banner ! and if e'er Thou shouldst press the soldier's bier , And the muffled drum should beat To the tread of mournful feet , Then this crimson flag shall be Martial cloak and shroud for thee . " The ...
... thou wouldst be spared ! " Take thy banner ! and if e'er Thou shouldst press the soldier's bier , And the muffled drum should beat To the tread of mournful feet , Then this crimson flag shall be Martial cloak and shroud for thee . " The ...
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... thou wouldst forget , Af thou wouldst read a lesson , that will keep hy heart from fainting and thy soul from sleep , Go to the woods and hills ! No tears Dim the sweet look that Nature wears . THE SPIRIT OF POETRY . THERE is a quiet ...
... thou wouldst forget , Af thou wouldst read a lesson , that will keep hy heart from fainting and thy soul from sleep , Go to the woods and hills ! No tears Dim the sweet look that Nature wears . THE SPIRIT OF POETRY . THERE is a quiet ...
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... thou concealed In the dark grave !. Their deeds of mercy and of arms , In peaceful days , or war's alarms , When thou dost show , O Death , thy stern and angry face , One stroke of thy all - powerful mace Can overthrow . Unnumbered ...
... thou concealed In the dark grave !. Their deeds of mercy and of arms , In peaceful days , or war's alarms , When thou dost show , O Death , thy stern and angry face , One stroke of thy all - powerful mace Can overthrow . Unnumbered ...
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Page 36 - ... A tear out of his eyes. Toiling, — rejoicing, — sorrowing, Onward through life he goes ; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close ; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose. Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught ! Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought ; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought.
Page 87 - Still heard in his soul the music Of wonderful melodies. Such songs have power to quiet The restless pulse of care, And come like the benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice. And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day Shall fold their tents like the Arabs, And as silently steal away.
Page 236 - A moment only he feels the spell Of the place and the hour, and the secret dread Of the lonely belfry and the dead ; For suddenly all his thoughts are bent On a shadowy something far away, Where the river widens to meet the bay, A line of black that bends and floats On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats.
Page 126 - Then the Master, With a gesture of command, Waved his hand; And at the word, Loud and sudden there was heard, All around them and below, The sound of hammers, blow on blow, Knocking away the shores and spurs. And see! she stirs! She starts,— she moves,— she seems to feel The thrill of life along her keel, And, spurning with her foot the ground, With one exulting, joyous bound, She leaps into the ocean's arms!
Page 90 - 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, I knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song ! Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke ; And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend.
Page 90 - Through days of sorrow and of mirth, Through days of death and days of birth, Through every swift vicissitude Of changeful time, unchanged it has stood, And as if, like God, it all things saw, It calmly repeats those words of awe, — "Forever — never ! Never — forever!
Page 212 - We have not wings, we cannot soar ; But we have feet to scale and climb By slow degrees, by more and more, The cloudy summits of our time. The mighty pyramids of stone That wedge-like cleave the desert airs, When nearer seen, and better known, Are but gigantic flights of stairs. The distant mountains, that uprear Their solid bastions to the skies, Are crossed by pathways, that appear As we to higher levels rise.
Page 94 - THOUGH the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small ; Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all.
Page 2 - Tell me not, in mournful numbers, Life is but an empty dream! — For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real! Life is earnest! And the grave is not its goal; Dust thou art, to dust returnest, Was not spoken of the soul.
Page 3 - 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. Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait.