 Poised upon the mast to hear, Till his soul was full of longing, And he cried, with impulse strong, — " Helmsman ! for the love of heaven, Teach me, too, that wondrous song!" " Wouldst thou," — so the helmsman answered, " Learn the secret of the sea?...  Voices of the Night, and Other Poems - Page 241by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1893 - 303 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1861 - 738 pages
...appropriate remarks, which he concluded with Longfellow's lines — " Would'st thou, so the helmsmen answered, Learn the secret of the sea ; Only those who brave its dangers His nautical experience had taught him that when ship-builders or engineers exaggerated models into... | |
 | 1921 - 864 pages
...are aroused by reading Longfellow's lines: Wouldst thou, so the helmsman answered, Learn the secrets of the sea? Only those who brave its dangers Comprehend its mystery. In both stories the fleeting revival of a latent idea or ancestral phase is accompanied by a wealth of... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 568 pages
...Arnaldos, With his hawk upon his hand, Saw a fair and stately galley Onward steering to the land ; — How he heard the ancient helmsman Chant a song so wild and clear, Bui in dio Tishennan's rottagV Thci.. Khun-, i niil.er hght. Till his soul was full of longing, And... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1856 - 810 pages
...Arnaldos, With his hawk upon his hand, Saw a fair and stately galley, Steering onward to the land ; — How he heard the ancient helmsman Chant a song so...love of heaven, Teach me, too, that wondrous song 1 " " Wouldst thou," — so the helmsman answered. " Learn the secret of the sea? Only those who brave... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1856 - 432 pages
...Arnaldos, With his hawk upon his hand, Saw a fair and stately galley, Steering onward to the land ; — How he heard the ancient helmsman Chant a song so...sailing sea-bird slowly Poised upon the mast to hear, 3.39 Till his soul was full of longing, And ho cried, with impulse strong, — " Helmsman 1 for the... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1856 - 474 pages
...Arnaldos, With his hawk upon his hand, Saw a fair and stately galley, Steering onward to the land. How he heard the ancient helmsman Chant a song so wild and clear, That the sailing seahird slowly Poised upon the mast to hear. Till his soul was full of longing, And he cried, with... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1857 - 428 pages
...wild and clear, That the sailing sea-bird slowly Poised upon the mast to hear, 339 Till his soul w:is full of longing, And he cried, with impulse strong,...secret of the sea ? Only those who brave its dangers (-'omprehend its mystery!" In each sail that skims the horizon, In each landward-blowing bree/c, 1... | |
 | Beautiful poetry - 1859 - 420 pages
...Arnaldos, With his hawk upon his hand, Saw a fair and stately galley, Steering onward to the land;— How he heard the ancient helmsman Chant a song so...the mast to hear, Till his soul was full of longing, " Helmsman! for the love of heaven, Teach me, too, that wondrous song!" And he cried, with impulse... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 724 pages
...Arnaldos, With his hawk upon his hand, Saw a fair and stately galley, Steering onward to the knd ; — How he heard the ancient helmsman Chant a song so wild and clear, That the sailing sea-bird slowly I'oised upon the mast to hear, Till his soul was full of longing, And he cried, with impulse strong,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Gilbert - 1860 - 448 pages
...Arnaldos. With his hawk upon his hand, Saw a fair and stately galley. Steering onward to the land ; — • How he heard the ancient helmsman Chant a song so...heaven, Teach me, too, that wondrous song ! " " "Wouldst thon," — so the helmsman answered '' Learn the seeret of the sea? Only those who brave its dangers... | |
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