| John Page Hopps - 1879 - 120 psl.
...foretaste of heaven, — ",Thou shalt know hereafter." Longfellow tells the old old story well : — " 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... | |
| 1880 - 208 psl.
...'II not o'erlook the modest flower That made the woods of April bright. II. — William Culkn Bryant. 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,... | |
| mrs. William Thomas Greenup - 1880 - 168 psl.
...the last man who had his feet made fast in the stocks of that village. 49. 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... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1880 - 328 psl.
...the day, Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently 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 it in its flight. I breathed a song into the air,... | |
| William Mellen Chamberlain - 1881 - 408 psl.
...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 knew not where. For so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. " I breathed a song into the air... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1881 - 1000 psl.
...faith triumphant o'er onr fears, Are all with thee, — are all with thee! THE ARROW AND THE SONG. hine. For memory dwelling on each prond swelling Of thy belfry k ; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. I breathed a song into the... | |
| Henry Wadsworth [extracts] Longfellow - 1881 - 466 psl.
...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 knew not where ; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. 1 breathed a song into the... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1881 - 754 psl.
...Sayeth this incessantly, — " For ever — never ! Never — for ever !" THE ARROW AND THE SONG. 1 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... | |
| Daniel Raynes Goodwin - 1882 - 56 psl.
...beautiful, but will bear no brief selection. But "The Arrow and the Song " may be taken entire : " 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,... | |
| Epes Sargent - 1882 - 1002 psl.
...faith triumphant o'er our fears, Are all with thee, — are all with thoe ! THE AKROW 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... | |
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