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
... , 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 disconsolate rain fall Loud on the withered leaves of the sycamore - tree 48 EVANGELINE.
... , 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 disconsolate rain fall Loud on the withered leaves of the sycamore - tree 48 EVANGELINE.
Page 64
... loud and louder , " Take my bait , O King of Fishes ! " Quiet lay the sturgeon , Nahma , Fanning slowly in 64 THE SONG OF HIAWATHA.
... loud and louder , " Take my bait , O King of Fishes ! " Quiet lay the sturgeon , Nahma , Fanning slowly in 64 THE SONG OF HIAWATHA.
Page 84
... Loud and sudden there was heard , All around them and below , The sound of hammers , blow on blow , Knocking away the shores and spurs . And see ! she stirs ! She starts , —she moves , she seems to feel The thrill of life along her keel ...
... Loud and sudden there was heard , All around them and below , The sound of hammers , blow on blow , Knocking away the shores and spurs . And see ! she stirs ! She starts , —she moves , she seems to feel The thrill of life along her keel ...
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