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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... thing , Nailing the shoe in its place ; while near him the tire of the cart - wheel Lay like a fiery snake , coiled round in a circle of cinders . Oft on autumnal eves , when without in the gathering darkness Bursting with light seemed ...
... thing , Nailing the shoe in its place ; while near him the tire of the cart - wheel Lay like a fiery snake , coiled round in a circle of cinders . Oft on autumnal eves , when without in the gathering darkness Bursting with light seemed ...
Page 74
... thing it is To note how many wheels of toil One thought , one word , can set in motion ! There's not a ship that sails the ocean , But every climate , every soil , Must bring its tribute , great or small , And help to build the wooden ...
... thing it is To note how many wheels of toil One thought , one word , can set in motion ! There's not a ship that sails the ocean , But every climate , every soil , Must bring its tribute , great or small , And help to build the wooden ...
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... thing ! " In the ship - yard , idly talking , At the ship the workmen stared : Some one , all their labor balking , Down her sides had cut deep gashes , Not a plank was spared ! " Death be to the evil - doer ! " With an oath King Olaf ...
... thing ! " In the ship - yard , idly talking , At the ship the workmen stared : Some one , all their labor balking , Down her sides had cut deep gashes , Not a plank was spared ! " Death be to the evil - doer ! " With an oath King Olaf ...
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