 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 and strong, That it...  The Brotherhood of Letters - Page 244by John Rogers Rees - 1889 - 271 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Granville Gepp - 1830 - 194 pages
...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...That it can follow the flight of song ? Long, long after, in an oak I found the arrow still unbroke : And the song, from beginning to eud, I found again... | |
 | 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...That it can follow the flight of song ! " Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still nnbroke ; And the song, from beginning to end, I found... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1846 - 178 pages
...horologe of Eternity Sayeth this incessantly, — " Forever — never ! Never — forever ! " THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air, It fell...That it can follow 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... | |
 | 1846 - 302 pages
...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...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
...to 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...That it can follow 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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 128 pages
...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...That it can follow 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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...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...That it can follow the flight of song ? Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke ; And the song, from beginning to end, [ found... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 476 pages
...horologe of Eternity Sayeth this incessantly, — " Forever — never ! Never — forever ! " THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air, It fell...That it can follow 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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...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...That it can follow 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... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 pages
...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 into the air. It...so keen and strong That it can follow the flight of song7 • Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow still nnbroke; And the song, from beginning... | |
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