 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 346 pages
...framework. " Give me of your balm, O Fir- Tree ! Of your balsam and your resin, So to close the seams together That the water may not enter, That the river may not wet me ! " And the Fir-Tree, tall and sombre, Sobbed through all its robes of darkness, Rattled like a shore with pebbles,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 344 pages
...framework. " Give me of your balm, O Fir-Tree ! Of your balsam and your resin, So to close the seams together That the water may not enter, That the river may not wet me ! " And the Fir- Tree, tall and sombre, Sobbed through all its robes of darkness, Rattled like a shore with pebbles,... | |
 | 1855 - 714 pages
...framework. '•Give me of your balm, O Fir-Tree! Of your balsam and your resin, So to close the s«am<' together That the water may not enter, That the river may not wet me !" And the fir-tree, tall and sombre, Sobbed through all ita robes of darkness, Rattled like a shore with pebbles,... | |
 | 1855 - 684 pages
...framework. "Give me of your bolm, O Fir-Tree! Of your balsam and your resin, So to close the seams together That the water may not enter, That the river may not wet me !" And the fir-tree, tall and sombre, Sobbed through all its robes of darkness, Rattled like a shore with pebbles,... | |
 | 1855 - 682 pages
...bended bows together. " Give mo of your roots, 0 Tamarack ! Of your fibrous roots, О Larch Tree ! My canoe to bind together, So to bind the ends together That tho water may not enter, That the river may not wet me !" And the larch, with all its fibres, Shivered... | |
 | 1856 - 542 pages
...resistance, are we think gracefully symbolised in the process of building: — Of your fibrous roots, O LarchTree ! My canoe to bind together, So to bind...river may not wet me ! " And the Larch, with all its fibres, Shivered in the air of morning, Touched his forebead with its tassels, Said, with one long... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1856 - 346 pages
...them , Like two bended bows together. " Give me of your roots, O Tamarack! Of your fibrous roots , O Larch-Tree ! My canoe to bind together, So to bind...river may not wet me ! " And the Larch, with all its fibres, Shivered in the air of morning, Touched his forehead with its tassels, Said, with one long... | |
 | 1856 - 538 pages
...framework. " Give me of your balm, O FirTree ! Of your balsam and your resin, So to close the seams together That the water may not enter, That the river may not wet me ! " And the Fir-Tree, tall and sombre, Sobbed through all its robes of darkness, Rattled like a shore with pebbles,... | |
 | 1856 - 670 pages
...straightway to a framework, Like two bows he formed and shaped them, Like two bended bows together. " Give me of your roots, 0 Tamarack! Of yo(ur fibrous roots, 0 Larch-Tree ! And the Larch, with all its fibres, Shivered in the air of morning Touched his forehead with its... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1857 - 324 pages
...bended bows together. " Give me of your roots, O Tamarack ! Of your fibrous roots, O Larch- Tree ! My canoe to bind together, So to bind the ends together...river may not wet me ! " And the Larch, with all its fibres, Shivered in the air of morning, Touched his forehead with its tassels, Said, with one long... | |
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Said, with one long sigh of sorrow, "Take them all, O Hiawatha!" From the earth he tore the fibres, Tore the tough roots of the Larch-tree, Closely sewed the bark together, Bound it closely to the frame-work. "Give me of... 
