Poems of Henry W. Longfellow: Including Evangeline, The Song of Hiawatha and the Courtship of Miles Standish; with Biographical Sketch and Explanatory NotesBurt, 1901 - 347 pages |
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Page iv
... beautiful poem , " Haw thorne . " This friendship is deserving of mention , not merely because of the striking talent of the two men , but specifically be- cause the theme of " Evangeline " was first given to Hawthorne and he generously ...
... beautiful poem , " Haw thorne . " This friendship is deserving of mention , not merely because of the striking talent of the two men , but specifically be- cause the theme of " Evangeline " was first given to Hawthorne and he generously ...
Page viii
... beautiful in the last degree . The poem cannot be criticised , it can only be admired . Emerson confessed to a tear on reading it . Dr. S. G. Howe wrote to the author : " You feed five times five thousand souls with spiritual food which ...
... beautiful in the last degree . The poem cannot be criticised , it can only be admired . Emerson confessed to a tear on reading it . Dr. S. G. Howe wrote to the author : " You feed five times five thousand souls with spiritual food which ...
Page ix
... beautiful Pris- cilla is told with every grace of poetry , but not sacrificing fidelity to truth . " The Building of the Ship , " modelled after Schiller's " Lay . of the Bell , " is charming in its conception and perfect in its details ...
... beautiful Pris- cilla is told with every grace of poetry , but not sacrificing fidelity to truth . " The Building of the Ship , " modelled after Schiller's " Lay . of the Bell , " is charming in its conception and perfect in its details ...
Page xvii
... BEAUTIFUL HEIFER , ” • • 63 • " CLOSE AT HER FATHER'S SIDE WAS THE GENTLE EVANGELINE SEATED , " " OTHER HOPE HAD SHE NONE , NOR WISH IN LIFE , BUT TO FOL- LOW MEEKLY , WITH REVERENT STEPS , THE SACRED FEET OF HER SAVIOUR , " " HERE HANS ...
... BEAUTIFUL HEIFER , ” • • 63 • " CLOSE AT HER FATHER'S SIDE WAS THE GENTLE EVANGELINE SEATED , " " OTHER HOPE HAD SHE NONE , NOR WISH IN LIFE , BUT TO FOL- LOW MEEKLY , WITH REVERENT STEPS , THE SACRED FEET OF HER SAVIOUR , " " HERE HANS ...
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... beautiful harbingers Of sunny skies and cloudless times , enjoy Life's newness , and earth's garniture spread out ; And when the silver habit of the clouds Comes down upon the autumn sun . and with A sober gladness the old year takes up ...
... beautiful harbingers Of sunny skies and cloudless times , enjoy Life's newness , and earth's garniture spread out ; And when the silver habit of the clouds Comes down upon the autumn sun . and with A sober gladness the old year takes up ...
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Acadian answer arrows beautiful behold beneath birds bosom breath bright Captain Chibiabos CHISPA clouds CRUZADO Dacotahs dance dark dead death DON CARLOS dreams earth Edenhall Evangeline eyes face father flowers forest gleam golden Grand-Pré grave Gypsy hand hast hear heard heart heaven Hiawatha holy HYPOLITO John Alden Julius Cæsar Kenabeek Kwasind land LARA Laughing Water leaves light look loud maiden maize meadow mighty Miles Standish Minnehaha Mondamin moon morning night o'er old Nokomis Osseo PADRE CURA passed Pau-Puk-Keewis poem prairie Pray prayer PRECIOSA Priscilla river rose round rushing sail sang shadows shining shore silent singing sleep smile snow soft song Song of Hiawatha sorrow soul sound spake spirit stars stood sunshine sweet Tharaw thee thou art thought trees unto VICTORIAN village voice waiting wampum wander waves weary whispered wigwam wild wind words youth