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 12
... hear the church - bells ring , Oh say , what may it be ? " " T is a fog - bell on a rock - bound coast ! " . And he steered for the open sea . " O father ! I hear the sound of guns , Oh say , what may it be ? " " Some ship in distress ...
... hear the church - bells ring , Oh say , what may it be ? " " T is a fog - bell on a rock - bound coast ! " . And he steered for the open sea . " O father ! I hear the sound of guns , Oh say , what may it be ? " " Some ship in distress ...
Page 15
... hear his bellows blow ; You can hear him swing his heavy sledge , With measured beat and slow , Like a sexton ringing the village bell , When the evening sun is low . And children coming home from school Look in at the open door ; They ...
... hear his bellows blow ; You can hear him swing his heavy sledge , With measured beat and slow , Like a sexton ringing the village bell , When the evening sun is low . And children coming home from school Look in at the open door ; They ...
Page 89
... hears The muster of men at the barrack door , The sound of arms , and the tramp of feet , And the measured tread of the ... hear , like a sentinel's tread , The watchful night - wind , as it went Creeping along from tent to tent , And ...
... hears The muster of men at the barrack door , The sound of arms , and the tramp of feet , And the measured tread of the ... hear , like a sentinel's tread , The watchful night - wind , as it went Creeping along from tent to tent , And ...
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