A Selection from the Works of Henry Wadsworth LongfellowWard, Lock & Bowden, Limited, 1889 - 220 pages |
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... thou hast heard the talk in the village , And , perchance , canst tell us some news of these ships and their errand . " Then with modest demeanour made answer the notary public , - " Gossip enough have I heard , in sooth , yet am never ...
... thou hast heard the talk in the village , And , perchance , canst tell us some news of these ships and their errand . " Then with modest demeanour made answer the notary public , - " Gossip enough have I heard , in sooth , yet am never ...
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... Thou art too fair to be left to braid St. Catherine's tresses . " Then would Evangeline answer , serenely but sadly , " I cannot ! Whither my heart has gone , there follows my hand , and not elsewhere . For when the heart goes before ...
... Thou art too fair to be left to braid St. Catherine's tresses . " Then would Evangeline answer , serenely but sadly , " I cannot ! Whither my heart has gone , there follows my hand , and not elsewhere . For when the heart goes before ...
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... thou ? and why com'st thou here ? " To which King Robert answered , with a sneer , " I am the King , and come to claim my own From an impostor , who usurps my throne ! " 54 A SELECTION FROM THE WORKS OF FROM "TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN The ...
... thou ? and why com'st thou here ? " To which King Robert answered , with a sneer , " I am the King , and come to claim my own From an impostor , who usurps my throne ! " 54 A SELECTION FROM THE WORKS OF FROM "TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN The ...
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... thou Henceforth shalt wear the bells and scalloped cape , And for thy counsellor shalt lead an ape ; Thou shalt obey my servants when they call , And wait upon my henchmen in the hall ! " Deaf to King Robert's threats and cries and ...
... thou Henceforth shalt wear the bells and scalloped cape , And for thy counsellor shalt lead an ape ; Thou shalt obey my servants when they call , And wait upon my henchmen in the hall ! " Deaf to King Robert's threats and cries and ...
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... thou the King ? " Then bowing down his head , King Robert crossed both hands upon his breast , And meekly answered him : " Thou knowest best ! " My sins as scarlet are ; let me go hence 56 A SELECTION FROM THE WORKS OF The Restoration 40.
... thou the King ? " Then bowing down his head , King Robert crossed both hands upon his breast , And meekly answered him : " Thou knowest best ! " My sins as scarlet are ; let me go hence 56 A SELECTION FROM THE WORKS OF The Restoration 40.
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Page 78 - I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me That my soul cannot resist: A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain.
Page 141 - BETWEEN the dark and the daylight, When the night is beginning to lower, Comes a pause in the day's occupations, That is known as the Children's Hour. I hear in the chamber above me The patter of little feet, The sound of a door that is opened, And voices soft and sweet.
Page 99 - It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise ! He needs must think of her once more, How in the grave she lies ; And with his hard, rough hand he wipes A tear out of his eyes. Toiling, — rejoicing, — sorrowing, Onward through life he goes ; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close ; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose.
Page 70 - THERE is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And, with his sickle keen, He reaps the bearded grain at a breath, And the flowers that grow between.
Page 214 - Last night the moon had a golden ring, And to-night no moon we see! " The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he.
Page 87 - Sail forth into the sea of life, O gentle, loving, trusting wife, And safe from all adversity Upon the bosom of that sea Thy comings and thy goings be! For gentleness and love and trust Prevail o'er angry wave and gust; And in the wreck of noble lives Something immortal still survives!
Page 68 - TELL me not, in mournful numbers, " Life is but an empty dream ! " For the soul is dead that slumbers, And things are not what they seem. Life is real ! Life is earnest ! And the grave is not its goal ; "Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Page 88 - Tis of the wave and not the rock ; ,Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar. In spite of false lights on the shore, Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea ! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee...
Page 102 - In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires gleam warm and bright; Above, the spectral glaciers shone, And from his lips escaped a groan, Excelsior! "Try not the pass!
Page 7 - Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside, Black, yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses!