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
... shining face of the maiden . Silent she passed the hall , and entered the door of her chamber . Simple that chamber was , with its curtains of white , and its clothes - press Ample and high , on whose spacious shelves were carefully ...
... shining face of the maiden . Silent she passed the hall , and entered the door of her chamber . Simple that chamber was , with its curtains of white , and its clothes - press Ample and high , on whose spacious shelves were carefully ...
Page 60
... them , Make a girdle for my beauty , And two stars to deck her bosom ! " From a hollow tree the Hedgehog With his sleepy eyes looked at him , Shot his shining quills , like arrows , Saying with 60 THE SONG OF HIAWATHA.
... them , Make a girdle for my beauty , And two stars to deck her bosom ! " From a hollow tree the Hedgehog With his sleepy eyes looked at him , Shot his shining quills , like arrows , Saying with 60 THE SONG OF HIAWATHA.
Page 61
... shining arrows , Stained them red and blue and yellow , With the juice of roots and berries ; Into his canoe he wrought them , Round its waist a shining girdle , Round its bows a gleaming necklace , On its breast two stars resplendent ...
... shining arrows , Stained them red and blue and yellow , With the juice of roots and berries ; Into his canoe he wrought them , Round its waist a shining girdle , Round its bows a gleaming necklace , On its breast two stars resplendent ...
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