 | Charles Joseph Parker - 1870 - 204 pages
...the slave-dealer." Very beautifully is the same thought expressed in the words of Longfellow : — " I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I...flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. " 1 breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and... | |
 | 1871 - 314 pages
...the cares, that infest the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air,...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 1 Long,... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1871 - 506 pages
...lines of Longfellow : ' I shot an arrow through the air ?' " " What are they f she said. I repeated : " 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? "... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1872 - 730 pages
...listen ! As it passes thus between ua, How its wavelets laugh and glisten In the head of old Silenus ! THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air,...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,... | |
 | William Mackergo Taylor - 1872 - 306 pages
...the shape of results. This is the meaning every Christian puts into Longfellow's delightful lines : I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth I knew...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 can follow the flight of song ? Long,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1872 - 582 pages
...intimation, A pale and feeble 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,...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... | |
 | Amy Campbell - 1873 - 170 pages
...is to be a grand family gathering ! Once more three cheers, and God bless their union ! CHAPTER XVI. THE ARROW AND THE SONG. " I shot an arrow into the...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 know not where; For who has sight... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 106 pages
...Christ save us all from a death like this, On the reef of Norman's Woe ! THE ARROW AND THE SONG. f SHOT an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew...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,... | |
 | William James Linton - 1878 - 470 pages
...hurrying hoof-beat of that steed, And the midnight message of PAUL EEVERE. TEE ARROW AND THE SONG. T SHOT an arrow into the air ; It fell to earth, I knew...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 can follow the flight of song ? Long,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1878 - 240 pages
...incessantly, — " For ever — never ! Never — for ever ! " THE ARROW AND THE SONG. C2i£. tSHOT an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not...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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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... 
