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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... o'er the meadows . West and south there were fields of flax , and orchards and cornfields Spreading afar and unfenced o'er the plain ; and away to the northward Blomidon rose , and the forests old , and aloft on the mountains Sea - fogs ...
... o'er the meadows . West and south there were fields of flax , and orchards and cornfields Spreading afar and unfenced o'er the plain ; and away to the northward Blomidon rose , and the forests old , and aloft on the mountains Sea - fogs ...
Page 47
... o'er the broad ambrosial meadows . Ah ! on her spirit within a deeper shadow had fallen , And from the fields of her soul a fragrance celestial ascended , - Charity , meekness , love , and hope , and forgiveness , and patience ! Then ...
... o'er the broad ambrosial meadows . Ah ! on her spirit within a deeper shadow had fallen , And from the fields of her soul a fragrance celestial ascended , - Charity , meekness , love , and hope , and forgiveness , and patience ! Then ...
Page 72
... is to the man , Its counterpart in miniature ; That with a hand more swift and sure The greater labor might be brought To answer to his inward thought . And as he labored , his mind ran o'er The 72 The Building of the Ship.
... is to the man , Its counterpart in miniature ; That with a hand more swift and sure The greater labor might be brought To answer to his inward thought . And as he labored , his mind ran o'er The 72 The Building of the Ship.
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