 | William Henry McElroy - Zeta psi - 1903 - 188 pages
...affected. I could not help thinking of Longfellow's lines when I saw the tears of pleasure in his eyes : I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I...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 end,... | |
 | Richard Burton - American literature - 1904 - 344 pages
...inspiration to speak for others. His charming little poem " The Arrow and the Song " conveys this idea : — 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... | |
 | Play - 1925 - 730 pages
...of Longfellow's beginning. "I shot an arrow into the air," epitomizes the spirit of the playground. "I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I...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... | |
 | 1901 - 776 pages
...his friends look upon him as the guiding star to their lives. Longfellow beautifully pictured this in the "Arrow and the Song." "I shot an arrow Into the...fell to earth, I knew not where, For who has sight BO keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song. "Long, long afterward, In an oak, I found... | |
 | American Prison Association. Congress - Corrections - 1922 - 446 pages
...He left the woods with no interest in books, he will return a library missionary. Longfellow writes: "I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I...and strong That it can follow the flight of song? "Long, long afterwards, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke, And the song, from beginning to... | |
 | English language - 1999 - 850 pages
...night, Went home and put a bullet though his head. THE ARROW AND THE SONG by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I...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 end,... | |
 | Martin Gardner - Poetry - 1992 - 226 pages
...the midnight and the snow! Christ save us all from a death like this, On the reef of Norman's Woe! 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 end,... | |
 | American poetry - 1993 - 412 pages
...青春的心思是多麼、 多麼綿長 查良坷計 68TheArrowandtheSong HeWwadswomb 姆eu 。 w I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I...and strong, That it can follow the flight of song? Long, long afterwards, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke; And the song, from beginning to... | |
 | Jay Parini - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 788 pages
...the dismal knell; Shadows are trailing, My heart is bewailing And tolling within Like a funeral bell. 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 end,... | |
 | Rory C. Foster, Rupert Clinton Foster - Bible - 1995 - 1446 pages
...faces of his audience. Longfellow expresses the y.eal of the preacher who sows the good seed in hope. I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I...and strong, That it can follow the flight of song? Long, long afterward, in an oak, 1 found the arrow, still unbroke; And the song, from beginning to... | |
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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, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and strong, That it... 
