The Children's Own LongfellowHoughton Mifflin, 2001 - 96 pages This handsome volume contains eight of the most popular of Longfellow's poems, including "The Wreck of the Hesperus," "The Village Blacksmith," "Paul Revere's Ride," and excerpts from "The Song of Hiawatha." This title has been selected as a Common Core Text Exemplar (Grades 6-8, Poetry)" |
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Page 63
... Fishes , In his birch canoe exulting All alone went Hiawatha . Through the clear , transparent water He could see the fishes swimming Far down in the depths below him ; See the yellow perch , the Sahwa , Like a sunbeam in the water ...
... Fishes , In his birch canoe exulting All alone went Hiawatha . Through the clear , transparent water He could see the fishes swimming Far down in the depths below him ; See the yellow perch , the Sahwa , Like a sunbeam in the water ...
Page 65
... fish rise upward , Saw the pike , the Maskenozha , Coming nearer , nearer to him , And he shouted through the water ... Fishes ! " Reeling downward to the bottom Sank the pike in great confusion , And the mighty sturgeon , Nahma , Said ...
... fish rise upward , Saw the pike , the Maskenozha , Coming nearer , nearer to him , And he shouted through the water ... Fishes ! " Reeling downward to the bottom Sank the pike in great confusion , And the mighty sturgeon , Nahma , Said ...
Page 66
... fish , You are not the fish I wanted , You are not the King of Fishes ! " Slowly downward , wavering , gleaming , Sank the Ugudwash , the sun - fish , And again the sturgeon , Nahma , Heard the shout of Hiawatha , Heard his challenge of ...
... fish , You are not the fish I wanted , You are not the King of Fishes ! " Slowly downward , wavering , gleaming , Sank the Ugudwash , the sun - fish , And again the sturgeon , Nahma , Heard the shout of Hiawatha , Heard his challenge of ...
Contents
The Wreck of the Hesperus II | 9 |
The Song of Hiawatha | 58 |
The Building of the Ship | 72 |
Copyright | |
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Acadian farmers Adjidaumo aloft Anon answer bark barns Basil the blacksmith beautiful behold belfry Bellefontaine beneath Benedict birch canoe bosom bows BUILDING castle-builder cheer church clamorous darkness door Evangeline eyes face farm farm-yard father flax flocks forest Gabriel gazed gleamed goodly hand hear heard heart Hesperus Kayoshk King of Fishes Kwasind labor land laugh light lips listened LONG SERPENT look loud maiden mast Master meadows mighty moon morning Nahma night Nokomis notary notary public o'er ocean Old North Church Paul Revere Paul Revere's Ride paused Port Royal priest ride river rose Round sailed sank sea-gulls shadows shining ship ship-yard shore shouted silence Slowly snow-white SONG OF HIAWATHA sorrow sound spake Spanish Main steed stood sturgeon sun-fish thee Thorberg Skafting thou tide Toiled Ugudwash unto vessel village of Grand-Pré voice waited wave wind wooden words wreck yellow yellow water-lily