 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
 | National Grange - 1888 - 688 pages
...never lost or forgotten. They are represented in the beautiful words of our own poet, Longfellow : " I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I...song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; Who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song ? Long afterwards, in an... | |
 | 1888 - 356 pages
...Lonijfelluir, but iiHjstly by another fellow. I knocked a ball into the air, It fell to earth, I know not where; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow in its flight. I dashed to third, across the square, I fell to earth, I know not where, I only know... | |
 | 1883 - 234 pages
...slight, And yet so mighty in its power A human soul in one short hour Lies crushed beneath its blight I 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... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1889 - 264 pages
...And 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, It fell to the earth, I knew not where ; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not 'follow it in its flight.... | |
 | Carl Theodor Eben - 1890 - 530 pages
...®r tfjot jogar nod) mcljr ala jein Srubít. ©elbft er roar gegen mirf). 6r iaim nid)t einmal lejen. The Arrow and the Song. I shot an arrow into the air,...flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. ber SKagen. bie Seber. bie 92ieren. bie üitngen. baâ î)erj. ber aíuaen. the brain (6reb,n) the... | |
 | William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard - 1890 - 404 pages
...sin forgiven by Christ in Heaven By man is cursed alway. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW. 1807 — 1882. THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I shot an arrow into the air ; It fell to earth, 1 knew not where : For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed... | |
 | Joseph A. Graves - 1900 - 170 pages
...tion eer' em ploy ee' be liev'er fin an cier' fa'vor ite trav'el er ac com'pan ist cap'tive CXXVII. THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to the earth, I know not where; For so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I... | |
 | Robert Fuller Murray - 1891 - 142 pages
...money, And I am still obscure. THE GOLF-BALL AND THE LOAN AFTER LONGFELLOW I DROVE a golf-ball into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For,...flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I lent five shillings to some men, They spent it all, I know not when, For who is quick enough to know... | |
 | James Hastings, Ann Wilson Hastings, Edward Hastings - 1893 - 590 pages
...again every idle word that we have spoken, and every sigh that we have caused. —JAMES MARTINEAU. The Arrow and the Song. I SHOT an arrow into the air...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... | |
 | Beatrice Whitby - 1894 - 400 pages
...her on both cheeks. CHAPTER XXVI. I shot an arrow into the nir, 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 afterwards in an oak I found the arrow still unbroke : And the song, from beginning to end,... | |
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