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 13
... sound came from the land ; It was the sound of the trampling surf On the rocks and the hard sea - sand . The breakers were right beneath her bows , She drifted a dreary wreck , And a whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from her ...
... sound came from the land ; It was the sound of the trampling surf On the rocks and the hard sea - sand . The breakers were right beneath her bows , She drifted a dreary wreck , And a whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from her ...
Page 57
... sound , like the voice of a vast congregation , Solemnly answered the sea , and mingled its roar with the dirges . ' T was the returning tide , that afar from the waste of the ocean , With the first dawn of the day , came heaving and ...
... sound , like the voice of a vast congregation , Solemnly answered the sea , and mingled its roar with the dirges . ' T was the returning tide , that afar from the waste of the ocean , With the first dawn of the day , came heaving and ...
Page 84
... sounds we hear , Will be those of joy and not of fear ! " Then the Master , With a gesture of command , Waved his hand ; And at the word , Loud and sudden there was heard , All around them and below , The sound of hammers , blow on blow ...
... sounds we hear , Will be those of joy and not of fear ! " Then the Master , With a gesture of command , Waved his hand ; And at the word , Loud and sudden there was heard , All around them and below , The sound of hammers , blow on blow ...
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