 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1868 - 750 pages
...manner, our words behind us. Sometimes we find them again after many days, as sings Longfellow:— " I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where; Long, long afterwards, in an oak, I found the arrow yet unbroke," And there, too, as he suggests, we... | |
 | Oak apples, D Y - Double-crostics - 1868 - 94 pages
...rage and spite.' 3. ' 'Tis for a thousand pound ! ' DY 103 Opening and Closing, 1. A Convocation. 2. ' For so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight.' •3. A Siberian river. 4. A precious stone. 5. Fashion's stronghold. 6. Life's dawn. 7. Sigh and you... | |
 | Hugh Taylor Howat - 1868 - 328 pages
...not a manufacture, and that many permanent results may be reached, which are invisible to man. 1 1 shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; Long, long afterwards, in an oak, I found the arrow still unbroke.' Let us be thankful if we see... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1868 - 252 pages
...ineessantiy,— " Forever— never! Never— forever !" THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SROT an arrow in the air, it fell to earth I knew not where; For, so swiftiy it flew, the sight Conld not follow it in its flight. I hreathed a song into the air, It fell... | |
 | Charles Joseph Parker - Religion and science - 1870 - 204 pages
...the slave-dealer." Very beautifully is the same thought expressed in the words of Longfellow : — " I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I...flew, the sight Could not follow it in its flight. " 1 breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and... | |
 | 1870 - 340 pages
...way to the unconscious heart, as the arrow found its way to au oak, without the archer's aim: — ' I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not whpre; For who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song?' There are some... | |
 | 1871 - 314 pages
...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...and strong, That it can follow the flight of song 1 Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke ; And the song, from beginning to... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - American fiction - 1871 - 522 pages
...It In IU flicht. " I breathed a song Into the air. It fell to earth, 1 knew not whsre; For who hat sight so keen and strong. That It can follow the flight of song? " bon*, long afterward. In an oak I round the arrow, sd II uobroke ; And the song, from beginning to... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1872 - 582 pages
...adumbration, Of the great world of light that lies Beyond all human destinies! THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth I knew...For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow in its flight. I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth I knew not where; For who has sight... | |
 | Amy Campbell - 1873 - 170 pages
...gathering ! Once more three cheers, and God bless their union ! CHAPTER XVI. THE ARROW AND THE SONG. " I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth I knew...For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow in its flight. " I breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I know not where; For who has sight... | |
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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, 1 knew not where ; For who has sight so keen and strong. 
