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, I i. The Story of Our Bible - Page 4by Harold Bruce Hunting - 1914 - 317 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charles Granville Gepp - 1830 - 194 pages
...beheld by my eyes. EXERCISE XCVI. (Longfellow). 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 in its flight. I breathed a song into the air ; It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For who has sight... | |
| Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman - 1907 - 484 pages
...quest. [Sir W. SOOTT'B happy choice of the word " Bridal " earns him a prize.] (2) HW LONGFELLOW, ESQ. I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth I know not where, For so quickly it flew That it soon pierced the Blue, And it wasn'ta " long-bow," so there I [The introduction... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1846 - 178 pages
...* The horologe of Eternity Sayeth this 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... | |
| 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, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed... | |
| 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, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed... | |
| 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, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 476 pages
...! The horologe of Eternity Sayeth this 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... | |
| Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 pages
...intimation, A pale and feeble adumbration, Of the great world of light that lies Beyond all human destinies ! 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 Conld not follow in its flight. I breathed a song... | |
| 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, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed... | |
| 1852 - 784 pages
...remember that we were not first in the fray. Here is a beautiful fancy : — THE AEHOW AND THE SOVO. ' I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I...swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its night. I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I know not where, For who has sight so keen... | |
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