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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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Fair was she to behold , that maiden of seventeen summers . Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside , Black , yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses ...
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Fair was she to behold , that maiden of seventeen summers . Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside , Black , yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses ...
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... radiant moonlight Streamed through the windows , and lighted the room , till the heart of the maiden Swelled and obeyed its power , like the tremulous tides of the ocean . Ah ! she was fair , exceeding fair to behold 39 EVANGELINE.
... radiant moonlight Streamed through the windows , and lighted the room , till the heart of the maiden Swelled and obeyed its power , like the tremulous tides of the ocean . Ah ! she was fair , exceeding fair to behold 39 EVANGELINE.
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... Behold me ! Geezis , the great Sun , behold me ! " And the tree with all its branches Rustled in the breeze of morning , Saying , with 58 The Song of Hiawatha Hiawatha's Sailing.
... Behold me ! Geezis , the great Sun , behold me ! " And the tree with all its branches Rustled in the breeze of morning , Saying , with 58 The Song of Hiawatha Hiawatha's Sailing.
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