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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... never a man of wealth , he was at all times pos- sessed of a competency , so that he never suffered from poverty nor was he driven to uncongenial work . His success was con- tinuous , so that he was always able to gratify his taste for ...
... never a man of wealth , he was at all times pos- sessed of a competency , so that he never suffered from poverty nor was he driven to uncongenial work . His success was con- tinuous , so that he was always able to gratify his taste for ...
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... never droll . It is to be noted that his lyrics are genuine lyrics , -that is to say , they can be sung . Many of them have been set to music and have been cordially received both in parlors and in con- certs . Among these may be ...
... never droll . It is to be noted that his lyrics are genuine lyrics , -that is to say , they can be sung . Many of them have been set to music and have been cordially received both in parlors and in con- certs . Among these may be ...
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... never doubted the wisdom of it . With very few exceptions the critics agreed with him - in this particular case . Lowell's judgment , both of the verse and the thought , will doubtless be final : " Tis truth that I speak , Had ...
... never doubted the wisdom of it . With very few exceptions the critics agreed with him - in this particular case . Lowell's judgment , both of the verse and the thought , will doubtless be final : " Tis truth that I speak , Had ...
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... never fade ! Mansion of truth ! without a veil or shade , Thy holy quiet meets the spirit's eye . There dwells the soul in its ethereal essence , Gasping no longer for life's feeble breath ; But , sentinelled in heaven , its glori- ous ...
... never fade ! Mansion of truth ! without a veil or shade , Thy holy quiet meets the spirit's eye . There dwells the soul in its ethereal essence , Gasping no longer for life's feeble breath ; But , sentinelled in heaven , its glori- ous ...
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... doth conceal , Although it moves on with a brown , brown current , Under the shade perpetual , that never Ray of the sun lets in , nor of the moon . BEATRICE . FROM DANTE . PURGATORIO , XXX . , 22 THE TERRESTRIAL PARADISE .
... doth conceal , Although it moves on with a brown , brown current , Under the shade perpetual , that never Ray of the sun lets in , nor of the moon . BEATRICE . FROM DANTE . PURGATORIO , XXX . , 22 THE TERRESTRIAL PARADISE .
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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