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 17
... forest . This is the forest primeval ; but where are the hearts that beneath it Leaped like the roe , when he hears in the woodland the voice of the huntsman ? Where is the thatch - roofed village , the home of Acadian farmers , - Men ...
... forest . This is the forest primeval ; but where are the hearts that beneath it Leaped like the roe , when he hears in the woodland the voice of the huntsman ? Where is the thatch - roofed village , the home of Acadian farmers , - Men ...
Page 28
... forest Flashed like the plane - tree the Persian adorned with mantles and jewels . Now recommenced the reign of rest and affection and stillness . Day with its burden and heat had departed , and twilight descending Brought back the ...
... forest Flashed like the plane - tree the Persian adorned with mantles and jewels . Now recommenced the reign of rest and affection and stillness . Day with its burden and heat had departed , and twilight descending Brought back the ...
Page 61
... forest ; And the forest's life was in it , All its mystery and its magic , All the lightness of the birch - tree , All the toughness of the cedar , All the larch's supple sinews ; And it floated on the river Like a yellow leaf in Autumn ...
... forest ; And the forest's life was in it , All its mystery and its magic , All the lightness of the birch - tree , All the toughness of the cedar , All the larch's supple sinews ; And it floated on the river Like a yellow leaf in Autumn ...
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