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
... wave , On the Lake of Galilee . And fast through the midnight dark and drear , Through the whistling sleet and snow ... waves Looked soft 13 THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS.
... wave , On the Lake of Galilee . And fast through the midnight dark and drear , Through the whistling sleet and snow ... waves Looked soft 13 THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS.
Page 73
... In the ship - yard stood the Master , With the model of the vessel , That should laugh at all disaster , And with wave and whirlwind wrestle ! Covering many a rood of ground , Lay the timber 73 THE BUILDING OF THE SHIP.
... In the ship - yard stood the Master , With the model of the vessel , That should laugh at all disaster , And with wave and whirlwind wrestle ! Covering many a rood of ground , Lay the timber 73 THE BUILDING OF THE SHIP.
Page 79
... wave and whirlwind wrestle ! " With oaken brace and copper band , Lay the rudder on the sand , That , like a thought , should have control Over the movement of the whole ; And near it the anchor , whose giant hand Would reach down and ...
... wave and whirlwind wrestle ! " With oaken brace and copper band , Lay the rudder on the sand , That , like a thought , should have control Over the movement of the whole ; And near it the anchor , whose giant hand Would reach down and ...
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