 THE ARROW AND THE SONG. 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...  The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Page 144by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1866 - 367 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1853 - 402 pages
...its flight I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For who has sight go keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of...in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke; And the pong, from beginniug toenJ, I found azain in the heart of a friend. i / Young men in our town and cities... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 264 pages
...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 to earth,...STAR. Lo ! in the painted oriel of the West, Whose panes the sunken sun incarnadines, Like a fair lady at her casement, shines The evening star, the star... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - 580 pages
...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 to earth I knew not where;...unbroke; And the song, from beginning to end, I found it again in the heart of a friend. I venture to add an anecdote new to the English public. Professor... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 568 pages
...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,...and strong, That it can follow the flight of song I Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke ; And the song, from beginning to... | |
 | Hosea Ballou, George Homer Emerson, Thomas Baldwin Thayer, Richard Eddy - 1856 - 464 pages
...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,...beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend." There is, then, but one course that we can pursue with any reasonable chance of success. Only the delicate... | |
 | C H. H - 1856 - 338 pages
...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, I found the arrow...beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend.' " While Ken was yet speaking, they were summoned to the chapel ; and Ken, who was to officiate on the... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1857 - 396 pages
...fell to earth I knew not where ; 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...That it can follow the flight of song ? Long, long afterwards, in an oak I found the arrow still unbroke ; And the sons', from beginning to end, I found... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1858 - 292 pages
...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,...beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend. KING WITLAFS DRINKING-HOEN. HW LOtranuow.] [.Mime by W. Witlaf, a king of the Saxons, Ere yet his last... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 724 pages
...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,...beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend. fomtek THE EVENING STAE. Lo ! in the painted oriel of the West, Whose panes the sunken sun incarnadines,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1859 - 636 pages
...to eartb, 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,...long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow still imbroke ; And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend." Every one feels... | |
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