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 52
... night the houseless Acadian farmers . Back to its nethermost caves retreated the bellowing ocean , Dragging adown the beach the rattling pebbles , and leaving Inland and far up the shore the stranded boats of the sailors . Then , as the ...
... night the houseless Acadian farmers . Back to its nethermost caves retreated the bellowing ocean , Dragging adown the beach the rattling pebbles , and leaving Inland and far up the shore the stranded boats of the sailors . Then , as the ...
Page 88
... night , Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry - arch Of the North Church tower as a signal light , - One , if by land , and two , if by sea ; And I on the opposite shore will be , Ready to ride and spread the alarm Through every Middlesex ...
... night , Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry - arch Of the North Church tower as a signal light , - One , if by land , and two , if by sea ; And I on the opposite shore will be , Ready to ride and spread the alarm Through every Middlesex ...
Page 92
... night rode Paul Revere ; And so through the night went his cry of alarm To every Middlesex village and farm , — A cry of defiance and not of fear , A voice in the darkness , a knock at the door , And a word that shall echo forevermore ...
... night rode Paul Revere ; And so through the night went his cry of alarm To every Middlesex village and farm , — A cry of defiance and not of fear , A voice in the darkness , a knock at the door , And a word that shall echo forevermore ...
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