The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth LongfellowHoughton, Mifflin, 1883 - 519 pages |
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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 ; EURIPIDES . Dreams that the soul of youth engage Ere Fancy has been quelled ...
... 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 ; EURIPIDES . Dreams that the soul of youth engage Ere Fancy has been quelled ...
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... bright flowerets un- der us Stands the revelation of his love . Bright and glorious is that vevelation , Written all over this great world of ours ; Making evident our own creation , In these stars of earth , these golden flowers . And ...
... bright flowerets un- der us Stands the revelation of his love . Bright and glorious is that vevelation , Written all over this great world of ours ; Making evident our own creation , In these stars of earth , these golden flowers . And ...
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... bright and better land . THE BELEAGUERED CITY . I HAVE read , in some old , marvellous tale , Some legend strange and vague , That a midnight host of spectres pale Beleaguered the walls of Prague . Beside the Moldau's rushing stream ...
... bright and better land . THE BELEAGUERED CITY . I HAVE read , in some old , marvellous tale , Some legend strange and vague , That a midnight host of spectres pale Beleaguered the walls of Prague . Beside the Moldau's rushing stream ...
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... bright sun , moves along The forest openings . that When the bright sunset fills The silver woods with light , the green slope throws Its shadows in the hollows of the hills , And wide the upland glows . And when the eve is born , In ...
... bright sun , moves along The forest openings . that When the bright sunset fills The silver woods with light , the green slope throws Its shadows in the hollows of the hills , And wide the upland glows . And when the eve is born , In ...
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... bright and glorious sky , and looks On duties well performed , and days well spent ! For him the wind , ay , and the yellow leaves , Shall have a voice , and give him elo- quent teachings . He shall so hear the solemn hymn that Death ...
... bright and glorious sky , and looks On duties well performed , and days well spent ! For him the wind , ay , and the yellow leaves , Shall have a voice , and give him elo- quent teachings . He shall so hear the solemn hymn that Death ...
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Acadian answered Antiochus art thou beautiful behold beneath BENVENUTO birds breath brooklet Chispa cloud cried dark dead death door dreams earth EPIMETHEUS eyes face fair feet fire flowers forest gleam golden guests hand hast hath hear heard heart heaven HEPHÆSTUS Hiawatha holy JULIA Kenabeek King Olaf land Lara Laughing Laughing Water leaves light listen living look loud maiden meadow MICHAEL ANGELO Miles Standish Mondamin moon morning never nevermore night Nokomis o'er Osseo PANDORA passed Pau-Puk-Keewis pray Prec river rose round rushing sails sang SEBASTIANO shadow shining Sigrid the Haughty silent singing sleep smile snow song Song of Hiawatha soul sound spake speak stars stood sunshine sweet tale Tharaw thee thine thou art thought TITIAN unto Vict village VITTORIA VITTORIA COLONNA voice wait walls wampum wander whispered wigwam wild wind words youth
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Page 91 - 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 37 - The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man.
Page 91 - THE day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight. I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me That my soul cannot resist : A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain.
Page 240 - So through the night rode Paul Revere; And so through the night went his cry of alarm To every Middlesex village and farm, — A cry of defiance and not of fear, A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door, And a word that shall echo forevermore...
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.
Page 28 - Some ship in distress, that cannot live In such an angry sea ! " "O father! I see a gleaming light, O say what may it be?" 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 130 - 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 4 - Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlor wall; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more...
Page 27 - Skaw, So that our foe we saw Laugh as he hailed us. "And as to catch the gale Round veered the flapping sail, Death ! was the helmsman's hail, Death without quarter...
Page 28 - Last night the moon had a golden ring, And to-night no moon we see!" The skipper he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he.