| George Dana Boardman - 1880 - 356 pàgines
...for us or against us. Words are immortal. u I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I know not where ; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could...I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I know not where; For who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song? " Long,... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1881 - 1000 pàgines
...prayers, our tears, Our faith triumphant o'er onr fears, Are all with thee, — are all with thee! usic spoke naught like thine. For memory dwelling...of the river Lee. I've heard bells tolling old Adr hath sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song t Long, long afterward, iii an... | |
| William Mellen Chamberlain - 1881 - 408 pàgines
...moment, while taxing her memory for a song; and then, in a very pure and sympathetic voice, began: — " I shot an arrow into the air; It fell to earth, I...it in its flight. " I breathed a song into the air j It fell to earth, I knew not where. For who has sight so keen and strong That it can follow the flight... | |
| Henry Wadsworth [extracts] Longfellow - 1881 - 466 pàgines
...18o5. DECEMBEE 22. Give what you have. To some one, it may be better than you dare to think. KAYANAGH. I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I...flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. 1 breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, 1 knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1882 - 1002 pàgines
...our tears, Our faith triumphant o'er our fears, Are all with thee, — are all with thoe ! THE AKROW s far and wide, Fresh flowers ; while the sun shines...hear! — But there's a tree, of many one, A single hath night so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song Т Long, long afterward, in an... | |
| Mrs. Meldrum - 1882 - 212 pàgines
...them. Music by HW BALFE. Poetry by LONGFELLOW. I shot an arrow into the air. It fell to earth I know not where ; For so swiftly it flew, the sight Could...the air. It fell to earth I knew not where ; For who hath sight so keen and strong That it can follow the flight of a song ? Long, long afterward in an... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1886 - 698 pàgines
...listen! As it passes thus between us, How its wavelets laugh and glisten In the head of old Silenus I THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air,...fell to earth, I knew not where; For, so swiftly it (lew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth,... | |
| 1882 - 592 pàgines
...Longfellow's lyric of " The Arrow and the Song " helps to illustrate our thought : — " I shot an arrow in the air ; It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For...swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its night. " I breathed a song into the air ; It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For who has sight so... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1882 - 122 pàgines
...whose ear is tuned aright Will hear no discord in the three, But the most perfect harmony." 108 THE I SHOT an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; For, so swiftl)' it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, It fell... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1883 - 744 pàgines
...horologe of Eternity Sayeth this incessantly, — "For ever — never ! Nevei — for ever 1 " arc THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air,...I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, 1 knew not where; For who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song ? Long,... | |
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