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 61
... Round its waist a shining girdle , Round its bows a gleaming necklace , On its breast two stars resplendent . Thus the Birch Canoe was builded In the valley , by the river , In the bosom of the forest ; And the forest's life was in it ...
... Round its waist a shining girdle , Round its bows a gleaming necklace , On its breast two stars resplendent . Thus the Birch Canoe was builded In the valley , by the river , In the bosom of the forest ; And the forest's life was in it ...
Page 66
... Round and round in gurgling eddies , Till the circles in the water Reached the far - off sandy beaches , Till the water - flags and rushes Nodded on the distant margins . But when Hiawatha saw him Slowly rising through the water ...
... Round and round in gurgling eddies , Till the circles in the water Reached the far - off sandy beaches , Till the water - flags and rushes Nodded on the distant margins . But when Hiawatha saw him Slowly rising through the water ...
Page 72
... round his lips , As the eddies and dimples of the tide Play round the bows of ships , That steadily at anchor ride . And with a voice that was full of glee , He answered , " Erelong we will launch A vessel as goodly , and strong , and ...
... round his lips , As the eddies and dimples of the tide Play round the bows of ships , That steadily at anchor ride . And with a voice that was full of glee , He answered , " Erelong we will launch A vessel as goodly , and strong , and ...
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