Selected PoemsPenguin, 1988 M01 1 - 432 pages
Longfellow was the most popular poet of his day. This selection includes generous samplings from his longer works—Evangeline, The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Hiawatha—as well as his shorter lyrics and less familiar narrative poems. |
Contents
FROM THE SONG OF HIAWATHA | |
THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH | |
FROM TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN | |
THE NEW ENGLAND TRAGEDIES | |
FINALE SAINT JOHN | |
A PSALM OF LIFE WHAT THE HEART OF THE YOUNG MAN SAID TO | |
THE SLAVE SINGING AT MIDNIGHT | |
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Alden American answer arms beautiful behold better birds Captain close comes COREY dark dead death door dream EDITH England Enter Evangeline eyes face FARMER father fear feel feet fields fire followed forest give gleamed GLOYD grave hand HATHORNE head hear heard heart heaven Hiawatha JOHN ENDICOTT KEMPTHORN land leaves light living Longfellow look Lord loud maiden MARTHA MARY meadows MERRY Miles Standish never night o‘er once passed poem pray Priscilla prison Quakers rest rise river rose round SCENE seemed shadow silent song soul sound speak spirit stand stood story street sweet tell thee things thou thought TITUBA town turned unto UPSALL village voice wait wall wind woman wonder woods write youth