 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
 | William Mellen Chamberlain - 1881 - 408 pages
...moment, while taxing her memory for a song; and then, in a very pure and sympathetic voice, began: — " I shot an arrow into the air; It fell to earth, I...it in its flight. " I breathed a song into the air j It fell to earth, I knew not where. For who has sight so keen and strong That it can follow the flight... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth [extracts] Longfellow - 1881 - 466 pages
...18o5. DECEMBEE 22. Give what you have. To some one, it may be better than you dare to think. KAYANAGH. 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, 1 knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1882 - 1002 pages
...our tears, Our faith triumphant o'er our fears, Are all with thee, — are all with thoe ! THE AKROW s far and wide, Fresh flowers ; while the sun shines...hear! — But there's a tree, of many one, A single hath night so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song Т Long, long afterward, in an... | |
 | Mrs. Meldrum - 1882 - 212 pages
...them. Music by HW BALFE. Poetry by LONGFELLOW. I shot an arrow into the air. It fell to earth I know not where ; For so swiftly it flew, the sight Could...the air. It fell to earth I knew not where ; For who hath sight so keen and strong That it can follow the flight of a song ? Long, long afterward in an... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1886 - 698 pages
...listen! As it passes thus between us, How its wavelets laugh and glisten In the head of old Silenus I THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air,...fell to earth, I knew not where; For, so swiftly it (lew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth,... | |
 | 1882 - 592 pages
...Longfellow's lyric of " The Arrow and the Song " helps to illustrate our thought : — " I shot an arrow in the air ; It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For...swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its night. " I breathed a song into the air ; It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For who has sight so... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1882 - 122 pages
...whose ear is tuned aright Will hear no discord in the three, But the most perfect harmony." 108 THE I SHOT an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For, so swiftl)' it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, It fell... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 744 pages
...horologe of Eternity Sayeth this incessantly, — "For ever — never ! Nevei — for ever 1 " arc THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air,...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 ? Long,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1894 - 748 pages
...! The horologe of Eternity Sayeth this incessantly, — "Forever — never ! Never — forever ! " THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air,...it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, I i. fell to earth, I knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and strong. That it can follow the... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 550 pages
...The horologe of Eternity Sayeth this incessantly, — ' ' Forever — never ! Never — forever ! " THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air,...where ; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not folíow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, l knew not where ; For... | |
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