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 9
... golden hair , And her cheek was glowing fresh and fair The Castle - Builder 86 A castle - builder , with his wooden blocks , And towers that touch imaginary skies Paul Revere's Ride 92 A voice in the darkness , a knock at the door The ...
... golden hair , And her cheek was glowing fresh and fair The Castle - Builder 86 A castle - builder , with his wooden blocks , And towers that touch imaginary skies Paul Revere's Ride 92 A voice in the darkness , a knock at the door The ...
Page 20
... golden Flax for the gossiping looms , whose noisy shuttles within doors Mingled their sounds with the whir of the wheels and the songs of the maidens . Solemnly down the street came the parish priest , and the children Paused in their ...
... golden Flax for the gossiping looms , whose noisy shuttles within doors Mingled their sounds with the whir of the wheels and the songs of the maidens . Solemnly down the street came the parish priest , and the children Paused in their ...
Page 48
... golden , glimmering vapors Veiled the light of his face , like the Prophet descending from Sinai . Sweetly over the village the bell of the Angelus sounded . Meanwhile , amid the gloom , by the church Evangeline lingered . All was ...
... golden , glimmering vapors Veiled the light of his face , like the Prophet descending from Sinai . Sweetly over the village the bell of the Angelus sounded . Meanwhile , amid the gloom , by the church Evangeline lingered . All was ...
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