 | 1866 - 850 pages
...where ; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its night. I breathed a son;,' into the air, It fell to earth ; I knew not where ; For...and strong, That it can follow the flight of song Í Long, long afterwards, in an oak I found the. arrow, still unbroke ; And the song, from beginning... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1867 - 482 pages
...into the air, It fell tu 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...beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend. THE OLD CLOCK ON THE STAIRS. ll/lternitd est une pendulc, dont Ic balsncicr dit et rcdit sans cesse... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1868 - 410 pages
...THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For, so swiftly it dew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed...an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke ; And the sonlj, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend. THE OLD CLOCK ON THE STAIRS.... | |
 | Camilla Jenkin - 1868 - 308 pages
...to earth, I knew not where ; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its night " I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth,...keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of a song ? " Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke ; And the 7ong, from beginning... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1868 - 252 pages
...I knew not where; For, so swiftiy it flew, the sight Conld 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, That it ean follow the flight of song! Long, long afterward, in an oak I fonnd the arrow, still unhroke ; And... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1870 - 642 pages
...Silenus ! 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...beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend. THE OLD CLOCK ON THE STAIR& L'eternite' est une pendule, dont le balancier dit et redit sans cesse... | |
 | Charles Joseph Parker - 1870 - 204 pages
...earth, I knew not where ; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. " 1 breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I...beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend." But the Theologian must not content himself with a refutation of Mr. Lewes' charge ; there are others... | |
 | 1870 - 340 pages
...without the archer's aim: — ' I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not whpre; For who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song?' There are some more recent examples of this poet's lyrical power over the emotions, which may be noticed... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - 1871 - 506 pages
...they f she said. I repeated : " 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...beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend." " Do you know," 1 said, " that this expresses exactly what & poet wants ? It is not admiration, it... | |
 | 1871 - 314 pages
...steal away. 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...and strong, That it can follow the flight of song 1 Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke ; And the song, from beginning to... | |
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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 keen... 
