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 9
... towers that touch imaginary skies Paul Revere's Ride 92 A voice in the darkness , a knock at the door The Building of the Long Serpent 94 " Men shall hear of Thorberg Skafting For a hundred year ! " THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS It was the ...
... towers that touch imaginary skies Paul Revere's Ride 92 A voice in the darkness , a knock at the door The Building of the Long Serpent 94 " Men shall hear of Thorberg Skafting For a hundred year ! " THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS It was the ...
Page 73
... towers , like those that frown From some old castle , looking down Upon the drawbridge and the moat . And he said with a smile , " Our ship , I wis , Shall be of another form than this ! ” It was of another form , indeed ; Built for ...
... towers , like those that frown From some old castle , looking down Upon the drawbridge and the moat . And he said with a smile , " Our ship , I wis , Shall be of another form than this ! ” It was of another form , indeed ; Built for ...
Page 87
... towers that touch imaginary skies . A fearless rider on his father's knee , An eager listener unto stories told At the Round Table of the nursery , Of heroes and adventures manifold . There will be other towers for thee to build ; There ...
... towers that touch imaginary skies . A fearless rider on his father's knee , An eager listener unto stories told At the Round Table of the nursery , Of heroes and adventures manifold . There will be other towers for thee to build ; There ...
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