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 16
... Toiling , rejoicing , -sorrowing , Onward through life he goes ; Each morning sees some task begin , Each evening sees it close ; Something attempted , something done , Has earned a night's repose . Thanks , thanks to thee , my worthy ...
... Toiling , rejoicing , -sorrowing , Onward through life he goes ; Each morning sees some task begin , Each evening sees it close ; Something attempted , something done , Has earned a night's repose . Thanks , thanks to thee , my worthy ...
Page 67
... of Nahma , In the turmoil and confusion , Forth he might be hurled and perish , And the squirrel , Adjidaumo , Frisked and chattered very gayly , Toiled and tugged with Hiawatha Till the labor was completed 67 THE SONG OF HIAWATHA.
... of Nahma , In the turmoil and confusion , Forth he might be hurled and perish , And the squirrel , Adjidaumo , Frisked and chattered very gayly , Toiled and tugged with Hiawatha Till the labor was completed 67 THE SONG OF HIAWATHA.
Page 74
... toil One thought , one word , can set in motion ! There's not a ship that sails the ocean , But every climate , every soil , Must bring its tribute , great or small , And help to build the wooden wall ! The sun was rising o'er the sea ...
... toil One thought , one word , can set in motion ! There's not a ship that sails the ocean , But every climate , every soil , Must bring its tribute , great or small , And help to build the wooden wall ! The sun was rising o'er the sea ...
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