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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... wind did blow . " He wrapped her warm in his seaman's coat Against the stinging blast ; He cut a rope from a broken spar , And bound her to the mast . " O father ! I hear the church - bells ring , Oh say , what may it be ? " " T is a ...
... wind did blow . " He wrapped her warm in his seaman's coat Against the stinging blast ; He cut a rope from a broken spar , And bound her to the mast . " O father ! I hear the church - bells ring , Oh say , what may it be ? " " T is a ...
Page 89
... , The watchful night - wind , as it went Creeping along from tent to tent , And seeming to whisper , " All is well ! " A moment only he feels the spell Of the place and the hour , and the secret 89 PAUL REVERE'S RIDE.
... , The watchful night - wind , as it went Creeping along from tent to tent , And seeming to whisper , " All is well ! " A moment only he feels the spell Of the place and the hour , and the secret 89 PAUL REVERE'S RIDE.
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... wind of the Past , Through all our history , to the last , In the hour of darkness and peril and need , The people will waken and listen to hear The hurrying hoof - beats of that steed And the midnight message of Paul Revere . THE ...
... wind of the Past , Through all our history , to the last , In the hour of darkness and peril and need , The people will waken and listen to hear The hurrying hoof - beats of that steed And the midnight message of Paul Revere . 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