The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Volumes 1-3Houghton, Osgood, 1883 |
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Page 936
... speak Into a plaintive ditty ? TRAVELLER . Yes ; I would learn of thee thy song , With all its flowing numbers , And in a voice as fresh and strong As thine is , sing it all day long , And hear it in my slumbers . THE RIVER . A brooklet ...
... speak Into a plaintive ditty ? TRAVELLER . Yes ; I would learn of thee thy song , With all its flowing numbers , And in a voice as fresh and strong As thine is , sing it all day long , And hear it in my slumbers . THE RIVER . A brooklet ...
Page 945
... speaking the word , it is al- ready the Past . XIII . In the twilight of age all things seem strange and phantasmal , As between daylight and dark ghost - like the landscape appears . XIV . Great is the art of beginning , but greater ...
... speaking the word , it is al- ready the Past . XIII . In the twilight of age all things seem strange and phantasmal , As between daylight and dark ghost - like the landscape appears . XIV . Great is the art of beginning , but greater ...
Page 947
... speak , And elude their eager hands , So ye escape and slip , O songs , and fade away , When the word is on my lip To interpret what ye say . Were it not better , then , To let the treasures rest Hid from the eyes of men , Locked in ...
... speak , And elude their eager hands , So ye escape and slip , O songs , and fade away , When the word is on my lip To interpret what ye say . Were it not better , then , To let the treasures rest Hid from the eyes of men , Locked in ...
Page 959
... speak of ? JULIA . For my friend The Cardinal Ippolito . VITTORIA . For him ? JULIA . He is so young ; Hardly of age , or little more than that ; Beautiful , generous , fond of arts and letters , A poet , a musician , and a scholar ...
... speak of ? JULIA . For my friend The Cardinal Ippolito . VITTORIA . For him ? JULIA . He is so young ; Hardly of age , or little more than that ; Beautiful , generous , fond of arts and letters , A poet , a musician , and a scholar ...
Page 960
... speak a name That always thrills me with a noble sound , As of a trumpet ! Michael Angelo ! A lion all men fear and none can tame ; A man that all men honor , and the model That all should follow ; one who works and prays , For work is ...
... speak a name That always thrills me with a noble sound , As of a trumpet ! Michael Angelo ! A lion all men fear and none can tame ; A man that all men honor , and the model That all should follow ; one who works and prays , For work is ...
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