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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... Where time has no sway , in the realm of pure Art . ' Tis a shrine of retreat from Earth's hubbub and strife , As quiet and chaste as the author's own life . " Pressing close to " Evangeline " in popularity , at viii BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH .
... Where time has no sway , in the realm of pure Art . ' Tis a shrine of retreat from Earth's hubbub and strife , As quiet and chaste as the author's own life . " Pressing close to " Evangeline " in popularity , at viii BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH .
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... earth are they , Where he was once a child . " They shall all bloom in fields of light , Transplanted by my care , And saints , upon their garments white , These sacred blossoms wear . " And the mother gave , in tears and pain , The ...
... earth are they , Where he was once a child . " They shall all bloom in fields of light , Transplanted by my care , And saints , upon their garments white , These sacred blossoms wear . " And the mother gave , in tears and pain , The ...
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... earth , And took the flowers away . THE LIGHT OF STARS . FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS . WHEN the hours of Day are num- bered , And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul , that slum . bered , To a holy , calm delight ; And sinking silently ...
... earth , And took the flowers away . THE LIGHT OF STARS . FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS . WHEN the hours of Day are num- bered , And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul , that slum . bered , To a holy , calm delight ; And sinking silently ...
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... earth's firmament do shine . Stars they are , wherein we read our history , As astrologers and seers of eld ; Yet not wrapped about with awful mystery , Like the burning stars , which they beheld . Wondrous truths , and manifold as ...
... earth's firmament do shine . Stars they are , wherein we read our history , As astrologers and seers of eld ; Yet not wrapped about with awful mystery , Like the burning stars , which they beheld . Wondrous truths , and manifold as ...
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... earth's loosened mould The sapling draws its sustenance , and thrives ; Though stricken to the heart with winter's cold , The drooping tree revives . The softly - warbled song Comes from the pleasant woods , and colored wings Glance ...
... earth's loosened mould The sapling draws its sustenance , and thrives ; Though stricken to the heart with winter's cold , The drooping tree revives . The softly - warbled song Comes from the pleasant woods , and colored wings Glance ...
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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