The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth LongfellowRoutledge, Warnes and Routledge, 1859 - 669 pages |
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... sailing clouds went by , Like ships upon the sea ; Dreams that the soul of youth engage Ere Fancy has been quelled ; Old legends of the monkish page , Traditions of the saint and sage , Tales that have the rime of age , And chronicles ...
... sailing clouds went by , Like ships upon the sea ; Dreams that the soul of youth engage Ere Fancy has been quelled ; Old legends of the monkish page , Traditions of the saint and sage , Tales that have the rime of age , And chronicles ...
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... 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 labour and to wait . THE ...
... 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 labour and to wait . THE ...
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... sail Than his own wings , between so distant shores ! 66 See , how he holds them , pointed straight to heaven , Fanning the air with the eternal pinions , That do not moult themselves like mortal hair ! " And then , as nearer and more ...
... sail Than his own wings , between so distant shores ! 66 See , how he holds them , pointed straight to heaven , Fanning the air with the eternal pinions , That do not moult themselves like mortal hair ! " And then , as nearer and more ...
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... sail ; I see no longer a hill , I have trusted all to the sounding gale , And it will not let me stand still . " And ... sails , high over the mast , Who shall gainsay these joys ? When thy merry companions are still , at last , Thou ...
... sail ; I see no longer a hill , I have trusted all to the sounding gale , And it will not let me stand still . " And ... sails , high over the mast , Who shall gainsay these joys ? When thy merry companions are still , at last , Thou ...
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... sail , Death ! was the helmsman's hail , Death without quarter ! Mid - ships with iron keel Struck we her ribs of steel ; Down her black hulk did reel Through the black water ! " As with his wings aslant , Sails the fierce cormorant ...
... sail , Death ! was the helmsman's hail , Death without quarter ! Mid - ships with iron keel Struck we her ribs of steel ; Down her black hulk did reel Through the black water ! " As with his wings aslant , Sails the fierce cormorant ...
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Acadian angel BARTOLOME beautiful behold beneath birds blessed bosom breath bright brooklet CHISPA clouds CRUZADO dance dark dead death DON CARLOS door dost dream earth Edenhall ELSIE Evangeline eyes face fair father fear fire flowers forest FRIAR Gipsy gleam golden Grand-Pré grave hand hear heard heart heaven Hiawatha holy HYPOLITO Kenabeek land LARA Laughing Laughing Water leaves light lips look loud LUCIFER maiden meadow Miles Standish Mondamin moon morning night Nokomis o'er Osseo PADRE CURA pass Pau-Puk-Keewis Pray prayer PRECIOSA PRINCE HENRY rise river rose round sail Saint sang shadow shining silent singing sleep smile soft song Song of Hiawatha sorrow soul sound spake spirit stands stars stood sunshine sweet Tharaw thee thine thou art thought unto VICTORIAN village voice wait wampum wander waves weary whispered wigwam wild wind words youth