The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Author's pocket-vol. ed, Volumen6 |
Términos y frases comunes
Angel answered Azrael beard Bell of Atri beneath birds breath Brother Timothy Carmilhan Castine Charlemagne Church cloth cried dark Dead rides Sir death divine door dream Drontheim Eginhard Elizabeth Haddon eyes face falcon Fcap Federigo fire fled gate gazed gleamed guest Hakon hand Hannah the housemaid hath head hear heard heart INTERLUDE John Estaugh Killingworth King Olaf King Robert land laughed light listen look Lord loud LUDGATE HILL monk Morten of Fogelsang night o'er Odin Olaf the King Olaf's Priest Olger passed pause Poet Queen rhymes rides Sir Morten ring rose round sails shining ship Sicilian Sicily Sigrid the Haughty Sigurd silent singing Sir JOHN GILBERT smile snow song sound spake steed stood Student Svend sweet sword tale Thangbrand thee Theologian Thor Thora thou told town unto voice wall WAYSIDE WAYSIDE INN wind wood words
Pasajes populares
Página 10 - By the trembling ladder, steep and tall, To the highest window in the wall, Where he paused to listen and look down A moment on the roofs of the town, And the moonlight flowing over all. Beneath, in the churchyard lay the dead, In their...
Página 10 - But mostly he watched with eager search The belfry-tower of the Old North Church, As it rose above the graves on the hill, Lonely and spectral and sombre and still. And lo ! as he looks, on the belfry's height A glimmer, and then a gleam of light ! He springs to the saddle, the bridle he turns, But lingers and gazes, till full on his sight A second lamp in the belfry burns...
Página 110 - AT Atri in Abruzzo, a small town Of ancient Roman date, but scant renown, One of those little places that have run Half up the hill, beneath a blazing sun, And then sat down to rest, as if to say, " I climb no farther upward, come what may," — The Re Giovanni, now unknown to fame, So many monarchs since have borne the name, Had a great bell hung in the market-place Beneath a roof, projecting some small space, By way of shelter from the sun and rain. Then rode he through the streets with all his...
Página 11 - And beneath, from the pebbles, in passing, a spark Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet : That was all ! And yet, through the gloom and the light, .'.„ The fate of a nation was riding that night ; And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat.
Página 192 - Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness ; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.
Página 8 - LISTEN, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five ; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. He said to his friend, " If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch Of the North Church tower as a signal light, — One, if by land, and two, if by sea; And I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and spread the alarm Through every Middlesex...
Página 34 - He beckoned to King Robert to draw nigher, And with a gesture bade the rest retire ; And when they were alone, the Angel said,
Página 101 - You call them thieves and pillagers; but know, They are the winged wardens of your farms, Who from the cornfields drive the insidious foe, And from your harvests keep a hundred harms; Even the blackest of them all, the crow Renders good service as your man-at-arms, Crushing the beetle in his coat of mail, And crying havoc on the slug and snail.
Página 100 - Linnet and meadow-lark, and all the throng That dwell in nests, and have the gift of song. "You slay them all! and wherefore? for the gain Of a scant handful more or less of wheat, Or rye, or barley, or some other grain...
Página 5 - Skilful alike with tongue and pen, He preached to all men everywhere The Gospel of the Golden Rule, The New Commandment given to men, Thinking the deed, and not the creed, Would help us in our utmost need. With reverent feet the earth he trod, Nor banished nature from his plan, But studied still with deep research To build the Universal Church, Lofty as is the love of God, And ample as the wants of man.