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 18
... village of Grand - Pré . Ye who believe in affection that hopes , and endures , and is patient , Ye who believe in the beauty and strength of woman's devotion , List to the mournful tradition , still sung by the pines of the forest ...
... village of Grand - Pré . Ye who believe in affection that hopes , and endures , and is patient , Ye who believe in the beauty and strength of woman's devotion , List to the mournful tradition , still sung by the pines of the forest ...
Page 19
... village of Grand - Pré Lay in the fruitful valley . Vast meadows stretched to the eastward , Giving the village its name , and pasture to flocks without number . Dikes , that the hands of the farmers had raised with labor incessant ...
... village of Grand - Pré Lay in the fruitful valley . Vast meadows stretched to the eastward , Giving the village its name , and pasture to flocks without number . Dikes , that the hands of the farmers had raised with labor incessant ...
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... city a tempest rose ; and the bolts of the thunder Smote the statue of bronze , and hurled in wrath from its left ... village of Grand - Pré ; While from his pocket the notary drew his papers and inkhorn , Wrote with a steady hand the ...
... city a tempest rose ; and the bolts of the thunder Smote the statue of bronze , and hurled in wrath from its left ... village of Grand - Pré ; While from his pocket the notary drew his papers and inkhorn , Wrote with a steady hand the ...
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