 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...  H. W. Longfellow and W. C. Bryant - Page 299by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1902 - 714 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1852 - 784 pages
...earth, I know not where, For who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song ? Long, long afterward in an oak, I found the arrow...beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend." The other piece is ' Blind Bartimeus.' Children are good judges in general of what is beautiful, and... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1852 - 256 pages
...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...and strong, 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... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1852 - 344 pages
...not where ; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow in its flight. 1 breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth I knew not where ; For who...keen and strong That it can follow the flight of song ? Long, long afterwards, in an oak I found the arrow still unbroke ; And the song, from beginning to... | |
 | University magazine - 1852 - 790 pages
...who has sight so keen and strong That it can follow the flight of song 7 " ' Long, long afterwards, in an oak I found the arrow still unbroke ; And the...beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend.' " I venture to add an anecdote new to the English public. " Proft ssor Longfellow's residence at Cambridge,... | |
 | 1852 - 1236 pages
...who has sight so keen and strong That it can fallow the flight of song ? " ' Long, long afterwards, in an oak I found the arrow still unbroke ; And the...beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend.' " I venture to add an anecdote new to the English public. " Professor Longfellow's residence at Cambridge,... | |
 | James Hamilton - 1853 - 168 pages
...it. In like manner, he adds, " I breathed a song into the air ; It fell to earth, I knew not where. Long, long afterward in an oak I found the arrow still...beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend." Such recoveries and recognitions of one's thoughts * Longfellow. are always pleasant. You had forgotten... | |
 | Mrs. J. Thayer - 1853 - 144 pages
...earth, I knew not where, For who has sight BO keen and strong That it can follow the flight of song ? Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow...beginning to end I found again in the heart of a friend. LONGFELLOW. Prudence. WHAT is generally termed prudence, is seldom other than a cowardly discretion,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 470 pages
...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...and strong, 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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 472 pages
...earth, I knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song ? Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow,...beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend. THE EVENING STAR. Lo ! in the painted oriel of the West, Whose panes the sunken sun incarnadines, Like... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 264 pages
...where ; For, so swiftlv 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...and strong, 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... | |
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