 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.  The book of popular songs, ed. by J.E. Carpenter - Page 202by Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1858 - 275 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Cheltenham (England) - 1884 - 228 pages
...many days,' but they might see it even now if only hidden places and hearts were unveiled to them. • 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... | |
 | 1885 - 898 pages
...lines of Longfellow, which are indeed hackneyed, but which perhaps are not altogether inappropriate ? ' I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I...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 end I found... | |
 | English wit and humor - 1885 - 304 pages
...United States, 1854. The three parodies following are imitations of Longfellow's THE ARROW AND THE SONG. I SHOT an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I...swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow it in his flight. 1 breathed a song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; For who has sight... | |
 | Sheldon and Company - English language - 1886 - 208 pages
...CLOTHINGUse the following words in sentences : 97. SELECTION. Write from dictation, or from memory. I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I...earth, I knew not where ; For who has sight so keen an tl strong, That it can follow the flight of song ? Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow,... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1887 - 360 pages
...Sayeth this incessantly, — ' ' Forever — never ! Never — forever ! " 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 y Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke ; And the song, from beginning to... | |
 | National Grange - 1888 - 688 pages
...never lost or forgotten. They are represented in the beautiful words of our own poet, Longfellow : " I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I...song into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where ; Who has sight so keen and strong, That it can follow the flight of song ? Long afterwards, in an... | |
 | College students - 1888 - 356 pages
...Lonijfelluir, but iiHjstly by another fellow. I knocked a ball into the air, It fell to earth, I know not where; For, so swiftly it flew, the sight Could not follow in its flight. I dashed to third, across the square, I fell to earth, I know not where, I only know... | |
 | John Rogers Rees - Authors - 1889 - 290 pages
...WHITMAN. MOST of us know that charming little poem of Longfellow's — The A rrow and the Song : " I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth I knew...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 end, I found... | |
 | John Rogers Rees - Authors - 1889 - 314 pages
...WHITMAN. MOST of us know that charming little poem of Longfellow's — The A rrow and the Song : " I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth I knew...and strong, That it can follow the flight of song ? I " Long, long afterwards, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke ; And the song from beginning... | |
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