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" I SHOT an arrow into the air, It fell to earth I knew not where ; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and strong, That it... "
Longfellow's poetical works. Author's complete copyr. ed - Page 268
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 60

1859 - 868 pages
...this condition. His works furnish several examples, but wu täte the following as the shortest : — " I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I...I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and strong That it can follow the flight of song ! " Long,...
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Voices of the True-hearted

1846 - 302 pages
...and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I shot an arrow into the air,...I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song ? ENDYMION....
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The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1846 - 178 pages
...* The horologe of Eternity Sayeth this incessantly, — " Forever — never ! Never — forever ! " THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air,...I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song ? Long,...
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Poems on slavery, early poems, additional poems, and ballads

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 128 pages
...! The horologe of Eternity Sayeth this incessantly, — " For ever — never ! Never — for ever!" THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air,...I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song ? Long,...
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Poems

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...horologe of Eternity Sayeth this incessantly, — " For ever — never ! Never — for ever !" 33? THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air,...I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song ? Long,...
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Poems, Volume 2

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 476 pages
...! The horologe of Eternity Sayeth this incessantly, — " Forever — never ! Never — forever ! " THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air,...I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song ? Long,...
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The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...! The horologe of Eternity Sayeth this incessantly, — "For ever — never ! Never — for ever!" THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air,...I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song ! Long,...
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Voices of the Night, and Other Poems

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1852 - 256 pages
...— " Forever— never ! Never — forever! " THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the nir, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For, so swiftly...I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song ? Long,...
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places, and People, Volume 1

Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 344 pages
...recommendation than any that I can give ; it is Mrs. Browning's favourite among the poems of Longfellow : THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I shot an arrow into the air,...For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow in its flight. 1 breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth I knew not where ; For who has sight...
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The Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal, Volume 40

1852 - 1236 pages
...Mitford a poem of Longfellow's, which she tells us is a favourite of Mrs. Barrett Browning's :— " rrre ARROW AND THE SONG. " 'I shot an arrow into the air,...For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow in its flight. " ' I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; Fur who has...
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