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" 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... "
National Review - Page 204
1859
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Progressive Exercises in Latin Elegiac Verse

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...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 60

1859 - 868 pages
...which Mr. Longfellow has not fulfilled this condition. His works furnish several examples, but wu täte the following as the shortest : — " I shot an arrow...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 can follow the flight of song ! " Long,...
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The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1846 - 178 pages
...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...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 can follow the flight of song ? Long,...
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Voices of the True-hearted

1846 - 302 pages
...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...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 can follow the flight of song ? ENDYMION....
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Voices of the True-hearted

1846 - 308 pages
...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 tight Could not follow it in its flight. 1 breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not...
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Poems on slavery, early poems, additional poems, and ballads

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 128 pages
...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...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 can follow the flight of song ? Long,...
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Poems

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...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...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 can follow the flight of song ? Long,...
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Poems, Volume 2

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 476 pages
...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...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 can follow the flight of song ? Long,...
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The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...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...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 can follow the flight of song ! Long,...
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Recollections of a Literary Life: Or, Books, Places and People

Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 592 pages
...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 into the air. It fell to earth I knew .not where;...
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