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Presents the complete poetical works of nineteenth-century American writer Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, including "The Song of Hiawatha," "Tales of a Wayside Inn," and many other selections, and features biographical information about the poet. No library descriptions found. |
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There are few more sonorous openings to compare with:
This is the forest primeval.
Midway through the 644 pages, what fun - not just EVANGELINE...
yet...
Listen My Children and You
Shall Hear of the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere!
Then,
Under a speeding Chestnut-tree
The Village Smithy stands
And, a favorite Christmas Hymn -
I Heard The Bells on Christmas Day,
Their old,, familiar carols play...
with allowance for
But at anchor, carved and gilded,
lay the dragon-ship he builded...
Beauty follows and a lovely MICHAEL ANGELO.
Yet, there is way too much hunting and no compassion for murdered wildlife not needed for food. ( )