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 11
... sailed the wintry sea ; And the skipper had taken his little daughtèr , To bear him company . Blue were her eyes as the fairy - flax , Her cheeks like the dawn of day , And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds , That ope in the month of ...
... sailed the wintry sea ; And the skipper had taken his little daughtèr , To bear him company . Blue were her eyes as the fairy - flax , Her cheeks like the dawn of day , And her bosom white as the hawthorn buds , That ope in the month of ...
Page 26
... nights grow colder and longer , And the retreating sun the sign of the Scorpion enters . Birds of passage sailed through the leaden air , from the ice- bound , Desolate northern bays to the shores of tropical islands . 26 EVANGELINE.
... nights grow colder and longer , And the retreating sun the sign of the Scorpion enters . Birds of passage sailed through the leaden air , from the ice- bound , Desolate northern bays to the shores of tropical islands . 26 EVANGELINE.
Page 62
... sailed my Hiawatha Down the rushing Taquamenaw , Sailed through all its bends and windings , Sailed through all its deeps and shallows , While his friend , the strong man , Kwasind , Swam the deeps , the shallows waded . Up and down the ...
... sailed my Hiawatha Down the rushing Taquamenaw , Sailed through all its bends and windings , Sailed through all its deeps and shallows , While his friend , the strong man , Kwasind , Swam the deeps , the shallows waded . Up and down the ...
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