 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 - Page 90by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 656 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Granville Gepp - 1830 - 194 pages
...ultima) on me as I smiled (part.) ne'er again to be beheld by my eyes. EXERCISE XCVI. (Longfellow). I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I...For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow in its flight. I breathed a song into the air ; It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For who has sight... | |
 | 1859 - 868 pages
...this condition. His works furnish several examples, but wu täte the following as the shortest : — " I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I...flight of song ! " Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still nnbroke ; And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1846 - 178 pages
...when I ask, with throbs of pain, " Ah ! when shall they all meet again ? " As in the days long-since gone by, The ancient timepiece makes reply, — "...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... | |
 | 1846 - 302 pages
...and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I shot an arrow into the air,...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
...and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I shot an arrow into the air,...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 fell to earth, I knew not... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 170 pages
...there, Where all parting, pain, and care, And death, and time shall disappear, — Forever there, hut never here ! The horologe of Eternity Sayeth this...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 - 1848 - 128 pages
...! 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,...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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 476 pages
...when I ask, with throbs of pain, " Ah ! when shall they all meet again ? " As in the days long-since gone by, The ancient timepiece makes reply, — "...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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...horologe of Eternity Sayeth this incessantly, — " For ever — never ! Never — for ever !" 33? 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, [ found again in the heart... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...! 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,...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... | |
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