MY LOST YOUTH. OFTEN I think of the beautiful town That is seated by the sea ; Often in thought go up and down The pleasant streets of that dear- old town, And my youth comes back to me. And a verse of a Lapland song Is haunting my memory still : " A... Life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Page 16by Eric Sutherland Robertson - 1887 - 177 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1901 - 686 pages
...steamer and looking out upon the city we recalled his poem "My Lost Youth," especially the lines : "Often I think of -the beautiful town That is seated...that dear old town And my youth comes back to me." "I can see the shadowy lines of its trees And catch in sudden gleams, The sheen of the far surrounding... | |
| Ellen M. Cyr - 1901 - 176 pages
...sweet songs to him. The wind whispered beautiful thoughts to him. He says this of his Portland home : " Often I think of the beautiful town That is seated...that dear old town, And my youth comes back to me." THE STORY OF A SEED. mois' ture placed car' ried brown earth se' cret pushed reached drank I was once... | |
| Maine. Bureau of Industrial and Labor Statistics - 1901 - 336 pages
...many of the thoughts, as we from afar look back to these scenes, that we may adopt them as our own : "Often I think of the beautiful town That is seated...that dear old town, And my youth comes back to me. "I can see the shadowy lines of its trees, And catch, in sudden gleams, The sheen of the far-surrounding... | |
| Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - 1901 - 1190 pages
...songs as we sit brooding o'er the hearth, HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW tf'?p. My Lost Touth 1807-1881 OFTEN I think of the beautiful town That is seated...pleasant streets of that dear old town, And my youth conies back to me. And a verse of a Lapland song Is haunting my memory still : 'A boy's will is the... | |
| 1901 - 960 pages
...the city we recalled his poem "My Lost Youth," especially the lines: "Often I think of the beautiful That is seated by the sea ; Often in thought go up...that dear old town And my youth comes back to me." "I can see the shadowy lines of its trees And catch in sudden gleams, The sheen of the far surrounding... | |
| Eleanor Gaylord Phelps - 1901 - 88 pages
...the hickory logs crackle and snap as the flames are carried upward through the old brick chimney. " Often I think of the beautiful town That is seated by the sea; Often my thoughts go up and down The pleasant streets of that dear old town, And my youth comes back to me."... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1902 - 924 pages
...valley damp and gray The sentinels hear the sound, and say, "That is the wraith Of Victor Galbraith! " MY LOST YOUTH OFTEN I think of the beautiful town...haunting my memory still : " A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts." 9 And the burden of that old song, It murmurs... | |
| Horace Sumner Tarbell, Martha Tarbell - 1902 - 306 pages
...Longfellow," making such improvements on your first writing as you can. 1. The Poet's Memories of his Youth. " Often I think of the beautiful town That...haunting my memory still : 'A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.' " From what your teacher will read to you,... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1893 - 924 pages
...sentinels hear the sound, and say, and gray "That is the wraith Of Victor Galbraith!" MY LOST YOUTH Often in thought go up and down The pleasant streets...Lapland song Is haunting my memory still: " A boy's wUl is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts." 9 And the burden of that... | |
| Daniel Ricketson - 1903 - 234 pages
...school-fellow was a favorite not only for his daring, but for his constant good-nature and love of mirth. VI " Often I think of the beautiful town That is seated...that dear old town, And my youth comes back to me." My Lost Youth. — LONGFELLOW. AH ! what should we do without poetry, without the melody of song? for... | |
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