 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, 1 knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and strong.  Modern English: Elementary lessons in English - Page 156by Henry Pendexter Emerson, Ida Catherine Bender - 1906Full view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 264 pages
...! The 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 to earth, I knew not where ; For, so swiftlv it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air. It fell... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - 580 pages
...that I can give ; it is Mrs. Browning's favorite among the poems of Longfellow : THE ARROW AND THB SONG. I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth I knew not where ; For, BO swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow in iU flight ' I hreathed a song into the air, It fell... | |
 | Marc Antony Henderson - 1856 - 156 pages
...of course slight. Ten miles per day is the greatest attainable speed. THE APPLE AND THE EEMAKK. *' I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For BO swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight." THE ARROW AND THE Soya. Longfellow.... | |
 | C H. H - 1856 - 338 pages
...of those lines of Longfellow's, — I only remember the substance, — something to this effect : ' I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where. Long, long afterward, in an oak,... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1857 - 396 pages
...recommendation than any other that I can give ; it is Mrs. Browning's favourite among the poems of Longfellow : I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth I knew...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... | |
 | 1858 - 846 pages
...AND BALFE. I shot an Arrow Into the air, It fell to earth I know not where ; For so swiftly it flow, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a Soug into the air, It (ell to earth I know not where : For who has sight so keen and strong, That it... | |
 | 1859 - 584 pages
...fulfilled this condition. His works furnish several examples, but we take the following as the shortest : " I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I...I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, 1 knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and strong That it can follow the flight of song 'i. Long,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, John Gilbert - 1860 - 448 pages
...it passes thus between us, How its wavelets laugh and glisten In the head of old Silenus ! THE ABROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air, It fell...air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For who ha3 sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song ? Long, long afterward, in an oak... | |
 | Camilla Jenkin - 1863 - 314 pages
...dear boy, Fred, left me. Oh, what a voice his was !" sighed the mother. "THE ARROW AND THE SOHG. " I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I...sight Could not follow it in its flight " I breathed a sonjf into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For who has sight 80 keen and strong, That... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1865 - 388 pages
...listen ! As it passes thus hetween us, How its wavelets laugh and glisten In the head of old Silenus ! THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air,...flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I hreathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and strong,... | |
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