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. Strongly built were the houses , with frames of oak and of hemlock , Such as the peasants of Normandy built in the reign of the Henries . Thatched were the roofs , with dormer - windows ; and gables projecting ...
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Strongly built were the houses , with frames of oak and of hemlock , Such as the peasants of Normandy built in the reign of the Henries . Thatched were the roofs , with dormer - windows ; and gables projecting ...
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... Built are the house and the barn . The merry lads of the village Strongly have built them and well ; and , breaking the glebe round about them , Filled the barn with hay , and the house with food for a twelvemonth . René Leblanc will be ...
... Built are the house and the barn . The merry lads of the village Strongly have built them and well ; and , breaking the glebe round about them , Filled the barn with hay , and the house with food for a twelvemonth . René Leblanc will be ...
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... built of yore , And above them all , and strangest of all Towered the Great Harry , crank and tall , Whose picture was hanging on the wall , With bows and stern raised high in air , And balconies hanging here and there , And signal ...
... built of yore , And above them all , and strangest of all Towered the Great Harry , crank and tall , Whose picture was hanging on the wall , With bows and stern raised high in air , And balconies hanging here and there , And signal ...
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