The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth LongfellowDavid Bogue, 1851 - 546 pages |
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... SHIP THE EVENING STAR . THE SECRET OF THE SEA TWILIGHT • • SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT THE LIGHTHOUSE THE FIRE OF DRIFT - WOOD BY THE FIRESIDE : • RESIGNATION THE BUILDERS 123 • 125 140 141 143 144 · . 146 · 148 151 153 SAND OF THE DESERT IN ...
... SHIP THE EVENING STAR . THE SECRET OF THE SEA TWILIGHT • • SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT THE LIGHTHOUSE THE FIRE OF DRIFT - WOOD BY THE FIRESIDE : • RESIGNATION THE BUILDERS 123 • 125 140 141 143 144 · . 146 · 148 151 153 SAND OF THE DESERT IN ...
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... SHIP . 295 THE LADDER OF ST . AUGUSTINE 297 CURFEW · 300 THE SPANISH STUDENT 303 TRANSLATIONS : THE CHILDREN OF THE LORD'S SUPPER THE BLIND GIRL OF CASTÈL CUILLÈ . 433 464 PAGE A CHRISTMAS CAROL COPLAS DE MANRIQUE THE GOOD SHEPHERD ...
... SHIP . 295 THE LADDER OF ST . AUGUSTINE 297 CURFEW · 300 THE SPANISH STUDENT 303 TRANSLATIONS : THE CHILDREN OF THE LORD'S SUPPER THE BLIND GIRL OF CASTÈL CUILLÈ . 433 464 PAGE A CHRISTMAS CAROL COPLAS DE MANRIQUE THE GOOD SHEPHERD ...
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... SHIP 521 WHITHER ? 522 BEWARE ! 524 SONG OF THE BELL 525 THE CASTLE BY THE SEA 526 THE BLACK KNIGHT . 528 SONG OF THE SILENT LAND 531 THE LUCK OF EDENHALL 532 THE ELECTED KNIGHT 535 THE HEMLOCK TREE 537 ANNIE OF THARAW . 538 THE STATUE ...
... SHIP 521 WHITHER ? 522 BEWARE ! 524 SONG OF THE BELL 525 THE CASTLE BY THE SEA 526 THE BLACK KNIGHT . 528 SONG OF THE SILENT LAND 531 THE LUCK OF EDENHALL 532 THE ELECTED KNIGHT 535 THE HEMLOCK TREE 537 ANNIE OF THARAW . 538 THE STATUE ...
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... ships at their anchors Ride in the Gaspereau's mouth , with their cannon pointed against us . What their design may be is unknown ; but all are commanded On the morrow to meet in the church , where his Majesty's mandate Will be ...
... ships at their anchors Ride in the Gaspereau's mouth , with their cannon pointed against us . What their design may be is unknown ; but all are commanded On the morrow to meet in the church , where his Majesty's mandate Will be ...
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. And , perchance , canst tell us some news of these ships and their errand . " Then with modest demeanour made answer the notary public : - 66 Gossip enough have I heard , in sooth , yet am never the wiser ...
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. And , perchance , canst tell us some news of these ships and their errand . " Then with modest demeanour made answer the notary public : - 66 Gossip enough have I heard , in sooth , yet am never the wiser ...
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Acadian Acadie angel arms art thou BARTOLOMÉ beautiful behold beneath birds bosom breath bride bright CHISPA clouds Count of Lara CRUZADO dance dark dead death DON CARLOS doth dream earth Edenhall Evangeline eyes face fair father fear fire flowers forest FRIEDRICH VON LOGAU Gipsy gleam gold golden Grand-Pré grave hand hear heard heart heaven holy Humphrey Gilbert HYPOLITO JULIUS MOSEN land leaves light lips look loud maiden meadows midnight moon morning night Nils Juel o'er ocean PADRE CURA passed poem Pray prayer PRECIOSA priest restless heart rise river round sail Saint sang SCENE shadows shine ships silent silver singing sleep smile soft song sorrow soul sound spake stands stars stood sweet tears Tharaw thee thine thou art thou hast thought Timoneda unto VICTORIAN village voice wait wander wave weary wild wind words youth
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Page 188 - Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish the thoughts of day. Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards sublime, Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of time.
Page 216 - 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 189 - And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away.
Page 224 - O what a glory doth this world put on For him who, with a fervent heart, goes forth Under the bright and glorious sky, and looks On duties well performed, and days well spent ! For him the wind, ay, and the yellow leaves Shall have a voice, and give him eloquent teachings. He shall so hear the solemn hymn, that Death Has lifted up for all, that he shall go To his long resting-place without a tear.
Page 151 - Build to-day, then, strong and sure, With a firm and ample base ; And ascending and secure Shall to-morrow find its place. Thus alone can we attain To those turrets, where the eye Sees the world as one vast plain, And one boundless reach of sky.
Page 101 - 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, Was not spoken of the soul.
Page 539 - THOUGH the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small ; Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he alL TRUTH.
Page 293 - The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night...
Page 242 - With thy rude ploughshare, Death, turn up the sod, And spread the furrow for the seed we sow ; This is the field and Acre of our God, This is the place where human harvests grow.
Page 210 - Oft to his frozen lair Tracked I the grisly bear, While from my path the hare Fled like a shadow; Oft through the forest dark Followed the were-wolf's bark, Until the soaring lark Sang from the meadow'. "But when I older grew, Joining a corsair's crew, O'er the dark sea I flew With the marauders. Wild was the life we led; Many the souls that sped, Many the hearts that bled, By our stern orders.