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 39
... radiant moonlight Streamed through the windows , and lighted the room , till the heart of the maiden Swelled and obeyed its power , like the tremulous tides of the ocean . Ah ! she was fair , exceeding fair to behold 39 EVANGELINE.
... radiant moonlight Streamed through the windows , and lighted the room , till the heart of the maiden Swelled and obeyed its power , like the tremulous tides of the ocean . Ah ! she was fair , exceeding fair to behold 39 EVANGELINE.
Page 52
... ocean Fled away from the shore , and left the line of the sand - beach Covered with waifs of the tide , with kelp and the slippery sea - weed . Farther back in the midst of the household goods and the wagons , Like to a gypsy camp , or ...
... ocean Fled away from the shore , and left the line of the sand - beach Covered with waifs of the tide , with kelp and the slippery sea - weed . Farther back in the midst of the household goods and the wagons , Like to a gypsy camp , or ...
Page 84
... ocean's arms ! And lo ! from the assembled crowd There rose a shout , prolonged and loud , That to the ocean seemed to say , " Take her , O bridegroom , old and gray , Take her to thy protecting arms , With all her youth and all her ...
... ocean's arms ! And lo ! from the assembled crowd There rose a shout , prolonged and loud , That to the ocean seemed to say , " Take her , O bridegroom , old and gray , Take her to thy protecting arms , With all her youth and all her ...
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