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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... sweet and wild ! 66 And distant voices seemed to say : - It cannot be ! They pass away ! Other themes demand thy lay ; Thou art no more a child ! " The land of Song within thee lies , Watered by living springs ; The lids of Fancy's ...
... sweet and wild ! 66 And distant voices seemed to say : - It cannot be ! They pass away ! Other themes demand thy lay ; Thou art no more a child ! " The land of Song within thee lies , Watered by living springs ; The lids of Fancy's ...
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... sweet to me , I will give them all back again . " He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes , He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves . " My Lord has need of these flower- ets gay ...
... sweet to me , I will give them all back again . " He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes , He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves . " My Lord has need of these flower- ets gay ...
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... sweet and. O , not in cruelty , not in wrath , The Reaper came that day ; ' T was an angel visited the green earth , And took the flowers away . THE LIGHT OF STARS . FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS . WHEN the hours of Day are num- bered , And the ...
... sweet and. O , not in cruelty , not in wrath , The Reaper came that day ; ' T was an angel visited the green earth , And took the flowers away . THE LIGHT OF STARS . FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS . WHEN the hours of Day are num- bered , And the ...
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... sweet day is dead ; Cold in his arms it lies ; No stain from its breath is spread Over the glassy skies , No mist or stain ! Then , too , the Old Year dieth , And the forests utter a moan , Like the voice of one who crieth In the ...
... sweet day is dead ; Cold in his arms it lies ; No stain from its breath is spread Over the glassy skies , No mist or stain ! Then , too , the Old Year dieth , And the forests utter a moan , Like the voice of one who crieth In the ...
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... sweet and pas - O'er. [ These poems were written for the most part during my college life , and all of them before the age of nineteen . Some have found their way into schools , and seem to be successful . Others lead a vagabond and ...
... sweet and pas - O'er. [ These poems were written for the most part during my college life , and all of them before the age of nineteen . Some have found their way into schools , and seem to be successful . Others lead a vagabond and ...
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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