The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: With Numerous Illustrations |
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Kissed his dying lips , and laid his head on her Daily the tides of life go ebbing and flowing bebosom . side them , Sweet was the light of his eyes ; but it suddenly Thousands of throbbing hearts , where theirs are sank , into darkness ...
Kissed his dying lips , and laid his head on her Daily the tides of life go ebbing and flowing bebosom . side them , Sweet was the light of his eyes ; but it suddenly Thousands of throbbing hearts , where theirs are sank , into darkness ...
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When the long murmur of applause That greeted the Musician's lay Had slowly buzzed itself away , And the long talk of Spectre Ships That followed died upon their lips And came unto a natural pause , “ These tales you tell are one and ...
When the long murmur of applause That greeted the Musician's lay Had slowly buzzed itself away , And the long talk of Spectre Ships That followed died upon their lips And came unto a natural pause , “ These tales you tell are one and ...
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Page 176 - 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 37 - Week in, week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow ; You can hear him swing his heavy sledge, With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the village bell When the evening sun is low.
Page 13 - Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlor wall; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more; He, the young and strong, who cherished Noble longings for the strife, By the roadside fell and perished, Weary with the march of life!
Page 13 - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
Page 77 - THOUGH the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small ; Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all.
Page 31 - 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 15 - Flowers; In all places, then, and in all seasons, Flowers expand their light and soul-like wings, Teaching us, by most persuasive reasons, How akin they are to human things. And with childlike, credulous affection We behold their tender buds expand; Emblems of our own great resurrection, Emblems of the bright and better land.
Page 31 - But the father answered never a word, A frozen corpse was he. Lashed to the helm, all stiff and stark, With his face turned to the skies, The lantern gleamed through the gleaming snow On his fixed and glassy eyes. Then the maiden clasped her hands and prayed That saved she might be; And she thought of Christ, who stilled the wave On the Lake of Galilee.
Page 66 - The tumult of each sacked and burning village ; The shout that every prayer for mercy drowns; The soldiers' revels in the midst of pillage; The wail of famine in beleaguered towns ; The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, The rattling musketry, the clashing blade ; And ever and anon, in tones of thunder The diapason of the cannonade. Is it...
Page 12 - I HEARD the trailing garments of the Night Sweep through her marble halls ! I saw her sable skirts all fringed with light From the celestial walls ! I felt her presence, by its spell of might, Stoop o'er me from above ; The calm majestic presence of the Night, As of the one I love. I heard the sounds of sorrow and delight, The manifold soft chimes, That fill the haunted chambers of the Night, Like some old poet's rhymes. From the cool cisterns of the midnight air My spirit drank repose ; The fountain...
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| Title | The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: With Numerous Illustrations The Complete Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: With Numerous Illustrations, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
| Author | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
| Publisher | Houghton, Mifflin, 1883 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 27 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 348 pages |
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