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 48
... fire on the hearth , on the board was the supper untasted , Empty and drear was each room , and haunted with phantoms of terror . Sadly echoed her step on the stair and the floor of her chamber . In the dead of the night she heard the ...
... fire on the hearth , on the board was the supper untasted , Empty and drear was each room , and haunted with phantoms of terror . Sadly echoed her step on the stair and the floor of her chamber . In the dead of the night she heard the ...
Page 53
... fire to fire , as from hearth to hearth in his parish , Wandered the faithful priest , consoling and blessing and cheering , Like unto shipwrecked Paul on Melita's desolate sea - shore . Thus he approached the place where Evangeline sat ...
... fire to fire , as from hearth to hearth in his parish , Wandered the faithful priest , consoling and blessing and cheering , Like unto shipwrecked Paul on Melita's desolate sea - shore . Thus he approached the place where Evangeline sat ...
Page 92
... fire and load . So through the night rode Paul Revere ; And so through the night went his cry of alarm To every Middlesex village and farm , — A cry of defiance and not of fear , A voice in the darkness , a knock at the door , And a ...
... fire and load . So through the night rode Paul Revere ; And so through the night went his cry of alarm To every Middlesex village and farm , — A cry of defiance and not of fear , A voice in the darkness , a knock at the door , And a ...
Contents
The Wreck of the Hesperus II | 9 |
The Song of Hiawatha | 58 |
The Building of the Ship | 72 |
Copyright | |
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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