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
... wooden blocks , And 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 ...
... wooden blocks , And 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 ...
Page 29
... wooden and ponderous saddles , Painted with brilliant dyes , and adorned with tassels of crimson , Nodded in bright array , like hollyhocks heavy with blossoms . Patiently stood the cows meanwhile , and yielded their udders Unto the ...
... wooden and ponderous saddles , Painted with brilliant dyes , and adorned with tassels of crimson , Nodded in bright array , like hollyhocks heavy with blossoms . Patiently stood the cows meanwhile , and yielded their udders Unto the ...
Page 74
... wooden wall ! The sun was rising o'er the sea , And long the level shadows lay , As if they , too , the beams would be Of some great , airy argosy , Framed and launched in a single day . That silent architect , the sun , Had hewn and ...
... wooden wall ! The sun was rising o'er the sea , And long the level shadows lay , As if they , too , the beams would be Of some great , airy argosy , Framed and launched in a single day . That silent architect , the sun , Had hewn 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