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
... rivers that water the woodlands , Darkened by shadows of earth , but reflecting an image of heaven ? Waste are those pleasant farms , and the farmers forever departed ! Scattered like dust and leaves , when the mighty blasts 17 Evangeline.
... rivers that water the woodlands , Darkened by shadows of earth , but reflecting an image of heaven ? Waste are those pleasant farms , and the farmers forever departed ! Scattered like dust and leaves , when the mighty blasts 17 Evangeline.
Page 19
... mighty Atlantic Looked on the happy valley , but ne'er from their station descended . There , in the midst of its farms , reposed the Acadian village . Strongly built were the houses , with frames of oak 19 EVANGELINE Part the First.
... mighty Atlantic Looked on the happy valley , but ne'er from their station descended . There , in the midst of its farms , reposed the Acadian village . Strongly built were the houses , with frames of oak 19 EVANGELINE Part the First.
Page 65
... the King of Fishes ! " Reeling downward to the bottom Sank the pike in great confusion , And the mighty sturgeon , Nahma , Said to Ugudwash , the sun - fish , To the bream , with scales of crimson , " 65 THE SONG OF HIAWATHA.
... the King of Fishes ! " Reeling downward to the bottom Sank the pike in great confusion , And the mighty sturgeon , Nahma , Said to Ugudwash , the sun - fish , To the bream , with scales of crimson , " 65 THE SONG OF HIAWATHA.
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