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 fell to earth, I knew not where ; For who has sight so keen... Poetical Works - Seite 90von Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 656 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| 1859 - 584 Seiten
...fulfilled this condition. His works furnish several examples, but we take the following as the shortest : " I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I...I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, 1 knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and strong That it can follow the flight of song 'i. Long,... | |
| William Allingham - 1860 - 316 Seiten
...Return or aid preventing. The waters wild went o'er his child, And he was left lamenting. CAMPBELL. THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air,...the flight of song ? Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow still unbroke ; And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1860 - 468 Seiten
...The horologe of Eternity Sayeth this incessantly, — " For ever — never ! Never — for ever! " THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air,...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... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Gilbert - 1860 - 448 Seiten
...it passes thus between us, How its wavelets laugh and glisten In the head of old Silenus ! THE ABROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air, It fell...air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For who ha3 sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song ? Long, long afterward, in an oak... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1861 - 912 Seiten
...SIA1HS. There sroups of merry children plnyed. There youths and maidenfl dreaming strayed. Page 2U All are scattered now and fled, Some are married,...the flight of song ! Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke ; And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart... | |
| Henrietta Camilla Jenkin - 1861 - 320 Seiten
...song—not since my dear boy, Fred, left me. Oh, what a voice his was!" sighed the mother. " THE AKROW AND THE SONG. " I shot an arrow into the air, It fell...keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of a song? " Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke ; And the song, from beginning... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1862 - 548 Seiten
...incessantly, — " Forever — never f Never — forever :" THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow in the air, It fell to earth I knew not where ; For,...the flight of song ! Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke ; And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heuxt... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1863 - 438 Seiten
...1 The horologe of Eternity Sayeth this incessantly,— " Forever — never ! Never — forever 1 " THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air,...the flight of song ? Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke; And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of... | |
| Camilla Jenkin - 1863 - 334 Seiten
...— not since my dear boy, Fred, left me. Oh, what a voice his was !" sighed the mother. "THE AREOW AND THE SONG. "I shot an arrow into the air, It fell...has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the night of a song ? "Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke ; And the cong,... | |
| Camilla Jenkin - 1863 - 314 Seiten
...dear boy, Fred, left me. Oh, what a voice his was !" sighed the mother. "THE ARROW AND THE SOHG. " I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I...sight Could not follow it in its flight " I breathed a sonjf into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For who has sight 80 keen and strong, That... | |
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