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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... song and united the fragments together . As in a church , when the chant of the choir at intervals ceases , Footfalls are heard in the aisles , or words of the priest at the altar , So , in each pause of the song , with measured motion ...
... song and united the fragments together . As in a church , when the chant of the choir at intervals ceases , Footfalls are heard in the aisles , or words of the priest at the altar , So , in each pause of the song , with measured motion ...
Page 58
... And the sun , from sleep awaking , Started up and said , " Behold me ! Geezis , the great Sun , behold me ! " And the tree with all its branches Rustled in the breeze of morning , Saying , with 58 The Song of Hiawatha Hiawatha's Sailing.
... And the sun , from sleep awaking , Started up and said , " Behold me ! Geezis , the great Sun , behold me ! " And the tree with all its branches Rustled in the breeze of morning , Saying , with 58 The Song of Hiawatha Hiawatha's Sailing.
Page 65
... King of Fishes ! " Reeling downward to the bottom Sank the pike in great confusion , And the mighty sturgeon , Nahma , Said to Ugudwash , the sun - fish , To the bream , with scales of crimson , " 65 THE SONG OF HIAWATHA.
... King of Fishes ! " Reeling downward to the bottom Sank the pike in great confusion , And the mighty sturgeon , Nahma , Said to Ugudwash , the sun - fish , To the bream , with scales of crimson , " 65 THE SONG OF HIAWATHA.
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