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 60
... Answered wailing , answered weeping , " Take my balm , O Hiawatha ! " And he took the tears of balsam , Took the resin of the Fir - tree , Smeared therewith each seam and fissure , Made each crevice safe from water . All " Give me of ...
... Answered wailing , answered weeping , " Take my balm , O Hiawatha ! " And he took the tears of balsam , Took the resin of the Fir - tree , Smeared therewith each seam and fissure , Made each crevice safe from water . All " Give me of ...
Page 64
... answer , Long sat waiting for an answer , And repeating loud and louder , " Take my bait , O King of Fishes ! " Quiet lay the sturgeon , Nahma , Fanning slowly in 64 THE SONG OF HIAWATHA.
... answer , Long sat waiting for an answer , And repeating loud and louder , " Take my bait , O King of Fishes ! " Quiet lay the sturgeon , Nahma , Fanning slowly in 64 THE SONG OF HIAWATHA.
Page 72
... answered , " Erelong we will launch A vessel as goodly , and strong , and stanch , As ever weathered a wintry sea ! " And first with ... answer to his inward thought . And as he labored , his mind ran o'er The 72 The Building of the Ship.
... answered , " Erelong we will launch A vessel as goodly , and strong , and stanch , As ever weathered a wintry sea ! " And first with ... answer to his inward thought . And as he labored , his mind ran o'er The 72 The Building of the Ship.
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