WE sat within the farmhouse old, Whose windows, looking o'er the bay, Gave to the sea-breeze, damp and cold, An easy entrance, night and day. Not far away we saw the port, — • The strange, old-fashioned, silent town,—. The lighthouse, — the dismantled... America - Page 341878Full view - About this book
| William Howitt - 1848 - 432 pages
...OF DRIFT-WOOD BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. WE sat within the farm house old, Whose windows looking o'cr the bay, Gave to the sea-breeze damp and cold, An...; Our faces faded from the sight, Our voices only brokn the gloom. We spoke of many a vanished scene, Ol what we once had though' and said, Of what had... | |
| 1848 - 808 pages
...within the farm-house old, Whose windows looking o'er ihe, bay, Gave to the tea-breeze, damp and coltl, An easy entrance, night and day. Not far away we saw...the night Descending filled the little room ¡ Our fnees fudt'd from the sight, Our voices only broke the gloom. We spake of many a vanished scene, Of... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 476 pages
...floating bridge the ocean span ; Be mine to guard this light from all eclipse, THE FIRE OF DRIFT-WOOD. WE sat within the farm-house old, Whose windows, looking...brown. We sat and talked until the night, Descending, 611ed the little room ; Our faces faded from the sight, Our voices only broke the gloom. We spake of... | |
| William Henry Channing - 1850 - 706 pages
...cold, An easy entrance, night and day. Hot far away we saw the port— The strange, old-fashion<:d, silent town — The light-house — the dismantled fort — The wooden houses, quaint and brown. We eat and talked until the night Descending filled the little room; Our faces faded from the sight, .... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...guard this light from all eclipse, Be yours to bring man nearer unto man !" THE FIRE OF DRIFT-WOOD. WE sat within the farm-house old, Whose windows, looking o'er the bay, Not far away we saw the port, — The strange, old-fashioned, silent town, — The light-house, —... | |
| Book - 1854 - 496 pages
...stay; By silence sanctifying, not concealing, The grief that must have way. THE FIRE OF DRIFT.WOOD. WE sat within the farm-house old, Whose windows, looking...day. Not far away we saw the port, — The strange, old-fashion'd, silent town,— The light-house, — the dismantled fort, — The wooden houses, quaint... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 578 pages
...guard this light from all eclipse, Be yours to bring man nearer unto man !" THE FIRE OF DRIFT-WOOD. WE sat within the farm-house old, Whose windows, looking o'er the bay, Gave to the sea-breezo damp and cold, An easy entrance, night and day. Not far away we saw the port, — The strange,... | |
| Beautiful poetry - 1857 - 418 pages
...OF DRIFT-WOOD. By LONGFELLOW. WE sat within'the farmhouse old, Whose windows, looking o'er.the hay, Gave to the sea-breeze, damp and cold, An easy entrance,...lighthouse, — the dismantled fort, — The wooden houses, quaint^and brown. We sat and talked until the night, Descending, filled the little room ; Our faces... | |
| John Daniel Morell - 1857 - 70 pages
...distinguish The faces of the crew. Sweet was her breath as is the breath of kine that feed in the meadows. We sat within the farm-house old, Whose windows, looking...sea-breeze, damp and cold, An easy entrance night and day. VI. OF THE COMPOUND SENTENCE. 104. Point out all the co-ordinate sentences in the following examples,... | |
| HENRY HOWE - 1859 - 748 pages
...hope, through weary years were led, A Nation's freedom won. THE FIRE OF DRIFTWOOD. H. W. LONGFELLOW. We sat within the farm-house old, Whose windows, looking...port— The strange, old-fashioned, silent town, The light-house—the dismantled fort— The wooden houses, quaint and brown. We sat and talked until the... | |
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