| Literature - 1859 - 868 pages
...this condition. His works furnish several examples, but wu täte the following as the shortest : — " I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I...keen and strong That it can follow the flight of song ! " Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still nnbroke ; And the song, from beginning... | |
| American literature - 1846 - 302 pages
...and doing, With a heart for any fate ; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait. THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I shot an arrow into the air,...and strong, That it can follow the flight of song ? ENDYMION. The rising moon has hid the stars ; Her level rays, like golden bars, Lie on the landscape... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Literary Criticism - 1846 - 178 pages
...* The horologe of Eternity Sayeth this incessantly, — " Forever — never ! Never — forever ! " THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air,...and strong, That it can follow the flight of song ? Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke ; And the song, from beginning to... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1848 - 128 pages
...! The horologe of Eternity Sayeth this incessantly, — " For ever — never ! Never — for ever!" THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air,...and strong, That it can follow the flight of song ? Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke ; And the song, from beginning to... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1850 - 462 pages
...horologe of Eternity Sayeth this incessantly, — " For ever — never ! Never — for ever !" 33? THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air,...and strong, That it can follow the flight of song ? Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke ; And the song, from beginning to... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1850 - 476 pages
...! The horologe of Eternity Sayeth this incessantly, — " Forever — never ! Never — forever ! " THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air,...and strong, That it can follow the flight of song ? Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke ; And the song, from beginning to... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1851 - 596 pages
...! The horologe of Eternity Sayeth this incessantly, — "For ever — never ! Never — for ever!" THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air,...and strong, That it can follow the flight of song ! Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke; And the song, from beginning to... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1852 - 256 pages
...— " Forever— never ! Never — forever! " THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the nir, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For, so swiftly...and strong, That it can follow the flight of song ? Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke ; And the song, from beginning to... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1853 - 470 pages
...! The horologe of Eternity Sayeth this incessantly, — " Forever — never ! Never — forever ! " THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air,...and strong, That it can follow the flight of song ? Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke ; And the song, from beginning to... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1855 - 568 pages
...The horologe (if Eternity Sayeth this incessantly, — " For ever — never ! Never— for ever !" THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air,...and strong, That it can follow the flight of song I Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke ; And the song, from beginning to... | |
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