Selected PoemsPenguin, 1988 M01 1 - 432 pages
Longfellow was the most popular poet of his day. This selection includes generous samplings from his longer works—Evangeline, The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Hiawatha—as well as his shorter lyrics and less familiar narrative poems. |
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... - 167 II . Giles Corey of the Salem Farms 247 Finale 318 Morituri Salutamus ( 1875 ) SHORTER LYRIC AND NARRATIVE POEMS 321 From Voices of the Night ( 1839 ) A Psalm of Life 333 From Ballads and Other Poems ( 1841 ) The Skeleton V.
... will lull him to sleep . . . . lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice . And the night shall be filled with music , And the cares , that infest the day , Shall fold their tents , like the Arabs , And ix INTRODUCTION.
... with the fear that the reality of social or personal chaos is more than we can bear . A patriotic ditty like " Paul Revere's Ride " is less characteristic of Longfel- low's voice than poems like " The Slave Singing at X INTRODUCTION.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. low's voice than poems like " The Slave Singing at Mid- night " or " The Arsenal , " where the sense of social injustice is so strong that divine intervention seems the only possible remedy . Bizarre though it ...
... Voices of the Night ( 1839 ) , soon to be followed by the equally successful Ballads and Other Poems ( 1841 ) , which included " Hesperus , " " The Skeleton in Armor , " and " The Village Blacksmith . " Always slow to take affront ...
Contents
V | xxxiii |
VI | 71 |
VII | 86 |
VIII | 142 |
IX | 161 |
X | 315 |
XI | 325 |
XII | 329 |
XX | 350 |
XXI | 351 |
XXII | 353 |
XXIII | 355 |
XXIV | 358 |
XXV | 361 |
XXVI | 364 |
XXVII | 366 |
XIII | 335 |
XIV | 339 |
XV | 341 |
XVI | 342 |
XVII | 343 |
XVIII | 345 |
XIX | 348 |
XXVIII | 367 |
XXIX | 369 |
XXX | 370 |
XXXI | 371 |
XXXII | 372 |
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