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 37
... hand Down on the pavement below the clattering scales of the balance , And in the hollow thereof was found the nest of a magpie , Into whose clay - built walls the necklace of pearls was inwoven . " Silenced , but not convinced , when ...
... hand Down on the pavement below the clattering scales of the balance , And in the hollow thereof was found the nest of a magpie , Into whose clay - built walls the necklace of pearls was inwoven . " Silenced , but not convinced , when ...
Page 45
... hand of a soldier Smote him upon the mouth , and dragged him down to the pavement . In the midst of the strife and tumult of angry contention , Lo ! the door of the chancel opened , and Father Felician Entered , with serious mien , and ...
... hand of a soldier Smote him upon the mouth , and dragged him down to the pavement . In the midst of the strife and tumult of angry contention , Lo ! the door of the chancel opened , and Father Felician Entered , with serious mien , and ...
Page 54
... hands have been taken . Vainly Evangeline strove with words and caresses to cheer him , Vainly offered him food ; yet he ... hand on the head of the maiden , Raising his tearful eyes to the silent stars that above them Moved on their way ...
... hands have been taken . Vainly Evangeline strove with words and caresses to cheer him , Vainly offered him food ; yet he ... hand on the head of the maiden , Raising his tearful eyes to the silent stars that above them Moved on their way ...
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