 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
 | Eli Lemon Sheldon - 1895 - 336 pages
...the stars, Looking this way through the silver bars— Which star, I wonder 1 THE ARROW AND THE SONO. I SHOT an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I...song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; That it can follow the flight of song Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke... | |
 | Mary Frances Hyde - 1895 - 246 pages
...the cold sunshine, itself a frozen sunbeam. — HAWTHORNE. LESSON LXIV. SELECTIONS FOR ANALYSIS. i. THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I sh'ot an arrow into the...flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. SELECTIONS FOR ANALYSIS. 191 I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For... | |
 | 1895 - 978 pages
...they all fall back uselessly upon the earth. The same fate happens to them as to Longfellow's arrow— "I shot an arrow into the air ; It fell to earth I knew not where." Heaven seems too distant for any arrow of ours to reach it, (Jod is a (Jod afar off. Or our prayers... | |
 | 1895 - 734 pages
...life Our fortunes must be wrought; Tim* on it» sounding miril slmpcd Rich burning di-ed and thought. THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I shot an arrow into the air, It fell tu earth, I knew not where; For, no swiftly it fleir, the sight Could not follow it in its flight.... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1896 - 680 pages
...sprinkle them far o'er the ocean. Nought but tradition remains of the beautiful village of Grand-Pre, THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air,...it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, Jt fell to earth, I knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight... | |
 | Grace Harriet Kupfer - 1897 - 202 pages
...about which you will some day hear, the Argonauts arrived at Colchis, the land of the Golden Fleece. THE ARROW AND THE SONG I SHOT an arrow into the air,...flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. Long, long afterwards, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke ; And the song, from beginning to... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1897 - 220 pages
...was half past three. — HC Banner; permission of Chas. Scribner's Sons. THE ARROW AND THE SONG. 1. I shot an arrow into the air; It fell to earth, I...flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. 2. I breathed a song into the air; It fell to earth, I knew not where; For who has sight so keen and... | |
 | Northwest Territories Council of Public Instruction - 1897 - 628 pages
...on class of certificate held by teacher, mode of computing daily average attendance. Literature. L I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not wherj ; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1898 - 534 pages
...Longfellow, ' I shot an arrow into the air ' ? " "What are they ? " she said. I repeated : — " ' I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I...flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. 1 1 breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and... | |
 | William D. Hall - 1898 - 326 pages
...T. BUCHANAN READ. So let | our he | roes rest Upon | your sun | ny breast. (3 — — ) — ALDIUCH. I breathed | a song | into | the air, It fell | to earth | I knew | not where. (4 — — ) — LONGFELLOW. The cur | few tolls | the knell | of part | ing day, The low | ing herd... | |
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