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 58
... tree ! Of your yellow bark , O Birch - tree ! Growing by the rushing river , Tall and stately in the valley ! I a light canoe will build me , Build a swift Cheemaun for sailing , That shall float upon the river , Like a yellow leaf in ...
... tree ! Of your yellow bark , O Birch - tree ! Growing by the rushing river , Tall and stately in the valley ! I a light canoe will build me , Build a swift Cheemaun for sailing , That shall float upon the river , Like a yellow leaf in ...
Page 59
... tree he girdled ; Just beneath its lowest branches , Just above the roots , he cut it , Till the sap came oozing outward ; Down the trunk , from top to bottom , Sheer he cleft the bark asunder , With a wooden wedge he raised it ...
... tree he girdled ; Just beneath its lowest branches , Just above the roots , he cut it , Till the sap came oozing outward ; Down the trunk , from top to bottom , Sheer he cleft the bark asunder , With a wooden wedge he raised it ...
Page 60
... tree , Closely sewed the bark together , Bound it closely to the frame - work . " Give me of your balm , O Fir - tree ! Of your balsam and your resin , So to close the seams together That the water may not enter , That the river may not ...
... tree , Closely sewed the bark together , Bound it closely to the frame - work . " Give me of your balm , O Fir - tree ! Of your balsam and your resin , So to close the seams together That the water may not enter , That the river may not ...
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