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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... speak , Had Theocritus written in English , not Greek , I believe that his exquisite sense would scarce change a line In that rare , tender , virgin - like pastoral , Evangeline . That's not ancient nor modern , its place is apart ...
... speak , Had Theocritus written in English , not Greek , I believe that his exquisite sense would scarce change a line In that rare , tender , virgin - like pastoral , Evangeline . That's not ancient nor modern , its place is apart ...
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... stone ; In the cottage of the rudest peasant , In ancestral homes , whose crumb- ling towers , Speaking of the Past unto the Pres- ent , Tell us of the ancient Games of Flowers ; In all places , then , and in all seasons FLOWERS . 5.
... stone ; In the cottage of the rudest peasant , In ancestral homes , whose crumb- ling towers , Speaking of the Past unto the Pres- ent , Tell us of the ancient Games of Flowers ; In all places , then , and in all seasons FLOWERS . 5.
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... speak not of the Trojan name , Neither its glory nor its shame Has met our eyes ; Nor of Rome's great and glorious dead , Though we have heard so oft , and read , Their histories . Little avails it now to know Of ages passed so long ago ...
... speak not of the Trojan name , Neither its glory nor its shame Has met our eyes ; Nor of Rome's great and glorious dead , Though we have heard so oft , and read , Their histories . Little avails it now to know Of ages passed so long ago ...
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... speak it here , Ye would stand aghast with fear I am a Prince of mighty sway ! " Twixt son and daughter all dis- traught , With mournful mind The ancient King reclined , Gazed at them in silent thought . Pale the children both did look ...
... speak it here , Ye would stand aghast with fear I am a Prince of mighty sway ! " Twixt son and daughter all dis- traught , With mournful mind The ancient King reclined , Gazed at them in silent thought . Pale the children both did look ...
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... speaking from death's frost , repose ! Go , breathe it in the ear Of all who doubt and fear , Tongues of the dead , not lost , Like fiery tongues at Pentecost ! Glimmer , as funeral lamps , Amid the chills and damps And say to them ...
... speaking from death's frost , repose ! Go , breathe it in the ear Of all who doubt and fear , Tongues of the dead , not lost , Like fiery tongues at Pentecost ! Glimmer , as funeral lamps , Amid the chills and damps And say to them ...
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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