 | Hosea Ballou, George Homer Emerson, Thomas Baldwin Thayer, Richard Eddy - 1856 - 464 pages
...beautiful and true in sentiment, in his little poem of " The Arrow and the Song : " " I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth — I knew not where ; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, It... | |
 | 1846 - 302 pages
...to wait. THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow...and strong, That it can follow the flight of song ? ENDYMION. The rising moon has hid the stars ; Her level rays, like golden bars, Lie on the landscape... | |
 | 1846 - 308 pages
...Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For, so swiftly it flew, the tight Could not follow it in its flight. 1 breathed a song into the air, It... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1846 - 178 pages
...incessantly, — " Forever — never ! Never — forever ! " THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, It... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1846 - 130 pages
...incessantly, — " Forever — never ! Never — forever ! " THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, It... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1847 - 136 pages
...forever ! " THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow...and strong, That it can follow the flight of song 1 Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke ; And the song, from beginning to... | |
 | 1879 - 320 pages
...Till-. ARROW ANI" THE SONÓ. I shot nn arrow into the air, It lell to earth I knew not where; For, en swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in...I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, 1 knew not where; For who hnth sight so keen «ml strong That it can follow the flight of song? Long,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 128 pages
...incessantly, — " For ever — never ! Never — for ever!" THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, It... | |
 | James Harper, John Eadie, William Lindsay - 1849 - 328 pages
...contained in the test:— I shot an arrow into the air,— It fell to the earth, I knew not where; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. In the debate which this synod sermon occasioned, Wilson took a prominent part. Agreeing with the sentiments... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 476 pages
...incessantly, — " Forever — never ! Never — forever ! " THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, It... | |
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I breathed a song into the air, I i. fell to earth, I knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and strong. That it can follow the flight of song • Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke ; And the song, from beginning to end,... 
