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 66
... rising through the water , Lifting up his disk refulgent , Loud he shouted in derision , " Esa ! esa ! shame upon you ! You are Ugudwash , the sun - fish , You are not the fish I wanted , You are not the King of Fishes ! " Slowly ...
... rising through the water , Lifting up his disk refulgent , Loud he shouted in derision , " Esa ! esa ! shame upon you ! You are Ugudwash , the sun - fish , You are not the fish I wanted , You are not the King of Fishes ! " Slowly ...
Page 74
... rising o'er the sea , And long the level shadows lay , As if they , too , the beams would be Of some great , airy argosy , Framed and launched in a single day . That silent architect , the sun , Had hewn and laid them every one , Ere ...
... rising o'er the sea , And long the level shadows lay , As if they , too , the beams would be Of some great , airy argosy , Framed and launched in a single day . That silent architect , the sun , Had hewn and laid them every one , Ere ...
Page 79
... rising from the water , But modelled from the Master's daughter ! On many a dreary and misty night , ' T will be seen by the rays of the signal light , Speeding along through the rain and the dark , Like a ghost in its snow - white sark ...
... rising from the water , But modelled from the Master's daughter ! On many a dreary and misty night , ' T will be seen by the rays of the signal light , Speeding along through the rain and the dark , Like a ghost in its snow - white sark ...
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