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 20
... Paused in their play to kiss the hand he extended to bless them . Reverend walked he among them ; and up rose matrons and maidens , Hailing his slow approach with words of affectionate welcome . Then came the laborers home from the ...
... Paused in their play to kiss the hand he extended to bless them . Reverend walked he among them ; and up rose matrons and maidens , Hailing his slow approach with words of affectionate welcome . Then came the laborers home from the ...
Page 31
... paused on the threshold , " Welcome , Basil , my friend ! Come , take thy place on the settle Close by the chimney - side , which is always empty without thee ; Take from the shelf overhead thy pipe and the box of tobacco ; Never so ...
... paused on the threshold , " Welcome , Basil , my friend ! Come , take thy place on the settle Close by the chimney - side , which is always empty without thee ; Take from the shelf overhead thy pipe and the box of tobacco ; Never so ...
Page 89
... paused to listen and look down A moment on the roofs of the town , And the moonlight flowing over all . Beneath , in the churchyard , lay the dead , In their night - encampment on the hill , Wrapped in silence so deep and still That he ...
... paused to listen and look down A moment on the roofs of the town , And the moonlight flowing over all . Beneath , in the churchyard , lay the dead , In their night - encampment on the hill , Wrapped in silence so deep and still That he ...
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