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 57
... the stir and noise of embarking ; And with the ebb of the tide the ships sailed out of the harbor , Leaving behind them the dead on the shore , and the village in ruins . THE SONG OF HIAWATHA HIAWATHA'S SAILING " Give me of 57 EVANGELINE.
... the stir and noise of embarking ; And with the ebb of the tide the ships sailed out of the harbor , Leaving behind them the dead on the shore , and the village in ruins . THE SONG OF HIAWATHA HIAWATHA'S SAILING " Give me of 57 EVANGELINE.
Page 59
... Give me of your boughs , O Cedar ! Of your strong and pliant branches , My canoe to make more steady , Make more strong and firm beneath me ! " Through the summit of the Cedar Went a sound , a cry of horror , Went a murmur of resistance ...
... Give me of your boughs , O Cedar ! Of your strong and pliant branches , My canoe to make more steady , Make more strong and firm beneath me ! " Through the summit of the Cedar Went a sound , a cry of horror , Went a murmur of resistance ...
Page 60
... Give me of your balm , O Fir - tree ! Of your balsam and your resin , So to close the seams together That the water may not enter , That the river may not wet me ! " And the Fir - tree , tall and sombre , Sobbed through all its robes of ...
... Give me of your balm , O Fir - tree ! Of your balsam and your resin , So to close the seams together That the water may not enter , That the river may not wet me ! " And the Fir - tree , tall and sombre , Sobbed through all its robes of ...
Contents
The Wreck of the Hesperus II | 9 |
The Song of Hiawatha | 58 |
The Building of the Ship | 72 |
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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