The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ::

The poetical works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

in six volumes

Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882)

THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS.

THE LIGHT OF STARS.

FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS.

FLOWERS.

THE BELEAGUERED CITY.

MIDNIGHT MASS FOR THE DYING YEAR.

HYMN OF THE MORAVIAN NUNS OF BETHLEHEM.

SUNRISE ON THE HILLS.

THE SPIRIT OF POETRY.

BURIAL OF THE MINNISINK.

L'ENVOI.

BALLADS AND OTHER POEMS

THE SKELETON IN ARMOR.

THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS.

THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH.

ENDYMION.

IT IS NOT ALWAYS MAY.

THE RAINY DAY.

GOD'S-ACRE.

TO THE RIVER CHARLES.

TO WILLIAM E. CHANNING.

THE SLAVE'S DREAM.

THE GOOD PART,

THE SLAVE IN THE DISMAL SWAMP.

THE SLAVE SINGING AT MIDNIGHT.

10.

11.

THE BELFRY OF BRUGES AND OTHER POEMS

CARILLON.

THE BELFRY OF BRUGES.

A GLEAM OF SUNSHINE.

THE ARSENAL AT SPRINGFIELD.

THE OCCULTATION OF ORION.

THE BRIDGE.

TO THE DRIVING CLOUD.

SONGS

THE DAY IS DONE.

AFTERNOON IN FEBRUARY.

TO AN OLD DANISH SONG BOOK.

WALTER VON DER VOGELWEID.

DRINKING SONG.

THE OLD CLOCK ON THE STAIRS.

THE ARROW AND THE SONG.

THE SEASIDE AND THE FIRESIDE

DEDICATION.

BY THE SEASIDE

THE BUILDING OF THE SHIP.

SEAWEED.

CHRYSAOR.

THE SECRET OF THE SEA.

TWILIGHT.

SIR HUMPHREY GILBERT.

THE LIGHTHOUSE.

THE FIRE OF DRIFT-WOOD.

BY THE FIRESIDE

RESIGNATION.

THE BUILDERS.

SAND OF THE DESERT IN AN HOUR-GLASS.

THE OPEN WINDOW.

KING WITLAF'S DRINKING-HORN.

GASPAR BECERRA.

PEGASUS IN POUND.

TEGNÉR'S DRAPA.

SONNET ON MRS. KEMBLE'S READINGS FROM SHAKESPEARE.

THE SINGERS.

SUSPIRIA.

HYMN FOR MY BROTHER'S ORDINATION.

APPENDIX I. JUVENILE POEMS.

THE BATTLE OF LOVELL'S POND.

THE VENETIAN GONDOLIER.

THE ANGLER'S SONG.

LOVER'S ROCK.

DIRGE OVER A NAMELESS GRAVE.

A SONG OF SAVOY.

THE INDIAN HUNTER.

ODE WRITTEN FOR THE COMMEMORATION AT FRYEBURG, MAINE, OF LOVEWELL'S FIGHT,

III. HIAWATHA'S CHILDHOOD.

IV. HIAWATHA AND MUDJEKEEWIS.

V. HIAWATHA'S FASTING.

VI. HIAWATHA'S FRIENDS.

VII. HIAWATHA'S SAILING.

VIII. HIAWATHA'S FISHING.

IX. HIAWATHA AND THE PEARL-FEATHER.

10.

X. HIAWATHA'S WOOING.

11.

XI. HIAWATHA'S WEDDING-FEAST.

12.

XII. THE SON OF THE EVENING STAR.

13.

XIII. BLESSING THE CORNFIELDS.

14.

XIV. PICTURE-WRITING.

15.

XV. HIAWATHA'S LAMENTATION.

16.

XVI. PAU-PUK-KEEWIS.

17.

XVII. THE HUNTING OF PAU-PUK-KEEWIS.

18.

XVIII. THE DEATH OF KWASIND.

19.

XIX. THE GHOSTS.

20.

XX. THE FAMINE.

21.

XXI. THE WHITE MAN'S FOOT.

22.

XXII. HIAWATHA'S DEPARTURE.

THE COURTSHIP OF MILES STANDISH

I. MILES STANDISH.

II. LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP.

III. THE LOVER'S ERRAND.

IV. JOHN ALDEN.

V. THE SAILING OF THE MAYFLOWER.

VI. PRISCILLA.

VII. THE MARCH OF MILES STANDISH.

VIII. THE SPINNING-WHEEL.

BIRDS OF PASSAGE.

THE LADDER OF ST. AUGUSTINE.

THE PHANTOM SHIP.

THE WARDEN OF THE CINQUE PORTS.

HAUNTED HOUSES.

IN THE CHURCHYARD AT CAMBRIDGE.

THE EMPEROR'S BIRD'S-NEST.

THE TWO ANGELS.

DAYLIGHT AND MOONLIGHT.

THE JEWISH CEMETERY AT NEWPORT.

THE GOLDEN MILE-STONE.

CATAWBA WINE.

SANTA FILOMENA.

THE DISCOVERER OF THE NORTH CAPE.

DAYBREAK.

THE FIFTIETH BIRTHDAY OF AGASSIZ.

SOMETHING LEFT UNDONE.

THE BROOK AND THE WAVE.

AFTERMATH.

FLIGHT THE FOURTH

CHARLES SUMNER.

TRAVELS BY THE FIRESIDE.

CADENABBIA.

MONTE CASSINO.

AMALFI.

THE SERMON OF ST. FRANCIS.

BELISARIUS.

SONGO RIVER.

FLIGHT THE FIFTH

THE HERONS OF ELMWOOD.

A DUTCH PICTURE.

CASTLES IN SPAIN.

VITTORIA COLONNA.

THE REVENGE OF RAIN-IN-THE-FACE.

TO THE RIVER YVETTE.

THE EMPEROR'S GLOVE.

A BALLAD OF THE FRENCH FLEET.

THE LEAP OF ROUSHAN BEG.

HAROUN AL RASCHID.

KING TRISANKU.

A WRAITH IN THE MIST.

THE WIND OVER THE CHIMNEY.

[I. Oft have I seen at some cathedral door]

[II. How strange the sculptures that adorn these towers!]

[III. I enter, and I see thee in the gloom]

[IV. With snow-white veil and garments as of flame,]

[V. I lift mine eyes, and all the windows blaze]

[VI. O star of morning and of liberty!]

THE MASQUE OF PANDORA

I. THE WORKSHOP OF HEPHÆSTUS.

II. OLYMPUS.

III. TOWER OF PROMETHEUS ON MOUNT CAUCASUS.

IV. THE AIR.

V. THE HOUSE OF EPIMETHEUS.

VI. IN THE GARDEN.

VII. THE HOUSE OF EPIMETHEUS.

VIII. IN THE GARDEN.

THE HANGING OF THE CRANE

THREE FRIENDS OF MINE.

[I. When I remember them, those friends of mine,]

[II. In Attica thy birthplace should have been,]

[III. I stand again on the familiar shore,]

[IV. River, that stealest with such silent pace]

[V. The doors are all wide open; at the gate]

THE SOUND OF THE SEA.

A SUMMER DAY BY THE SEA.

THE OLD BRIDGE AT FLORENCE.

NATURE.

IN THE CHURCHYARD AT TARRYTOWN.

ELIOT'S OAK.

THE DESCENT OF THE MUSES.

THE THREE SILENCES OF MOLINOS.

THE TWO RIVERS.

BOSTON.

ST. JOHN'S, CAMBRIDGE.

MOODS.

WOODSTOCK PARK.

THE FOUR PRINCESSES AT WILNA.

THE CHAMBER OVER THE GATE.

OLD ST. DAVID'S AT RADNOR.

FOLK-SONGS

THE SIFTING OF PETER.

MAIDEN AND WEATHERCOCK.

THE WINDMILL.

THE TIDE RISES, THE TIDE FALLS.

SONNETS

MY CATHEDRAL

THE BURIAL OF THE POET.

NIGHT.

L'ENVOI

THE POET AND HIS SONGS.

THE FOUR LAKES OF MADISON.

VICTOR AND VANQUISHED.

MOONLIGHT.

THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE.

THE CITY AND THE SEA.

THE BELLS OF SAN BLAS.

FRAGMENTS

[Neglected record of a mind neglected]

[O faithful, indefatigable tides]

[Soft through the silent air descend the feathery snow-flakes]

[So from the bosom of darkness our days come roaring and gleaming]

VOLUME IV.

TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN

THE SPANISH JEW'S TALE.

THE THEOLOGIAN'S TALE.

THE SPANISH JEW'S TALE.

THE THEOLOGIAN'S TALE.

INTERLUDE.

THE STUDENT'S SECOND TALE.

FINALE.

PART THIRD

PRELUDE.

THE SPANISH JEW'S TALE.

THE THEOLOGIAN'S TALE.

THE SPANISH JEW'S SECOND TALE.

PART ONE THE DIVINE TRAGEDY

THE FIRST PASSOVER.

I. VOX CLAMANTIS.

II. MOUNT QUARANTANIA.

II.

III.

III. THE MARRIAGE IN CANA.

IV. IN THE CORNFIELDS.

V. NAZARETH.

VI. THE SEA OF GALILEE.

VII. THE DEMONIAC OF GADARA.

VIII. TALITHA CUMI.

IX. THE TOWER OF MAGDALA.

10.

X. THE HOUSE OF SIMON THE PHARISEE.

THE SECOND PASSOVER.

I. BEFORE THE GATES OF MACHÆRUS.

II. HEROD'S BANQUET-HALL.

III. UNDER THE WALLS OF MACHÆRUS.

IV. NICODEMUS AT NIGHT.

V. BLIND BARTIMEUS.

VI. JACOB'S WELL.

VII. THE COASTS OF CÆSAREA PHILIPPI.

VIII. THE YOUNG RULER.

IX. AT BETHANY.

10.

X. BORN BLIND.

11.

XI. SIMON MAGUS AND HELEN OF TYRE.

THE THIRD PASSOVER.

I. THE ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM.

II. SOLOMON'S PORCH.

III. LORD, IS IT I?

IV. THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE.

V. THE PALACE OF CAIAPHAS.

VI. PONTIUS PILATE.

VII. BARABBAS IN PRISON.

VIII. ECCE HOMO.

IX. ACELDAMA.

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X. THE THREE CROSSES.

11.

XI. THE TWO MARIES.

12.

XII. THE SEA OF GALILEE.

EPILOGUE.

FIRST INTERLUDE THE ABBOT JOACHIM

PART TWO THE GOLDEN LEGEND

PROLOGUE.

THE CASTLE OF VAUTSBERG ON THE RHINE.

COURT-YARD OF THE CASTLE.

II.

A FARM IN THE ODENWALD.

A ROOM IN THE FARM-HOUSE.

ELSIE'S CHAMBER.

THE CHAMBER OF GOTTLIEB AND URSULA.

A VILLAGE CHURCH.

A ROOM IN THE FARM-HOUSE.

IN THE GARDEN.

III.

A STREET IN STRASBURG.

SQUARE IN FRONT OF THE CATHEDRAL.

IN THE CATHEDRAL.

THE NATIVITY. A MIRACLE-PLAY.

INTROITUS.

I. HEAVEN.

II. MARY AT THE WELL.

III. THE ANGELS OF THE SEVEN PLANETS, BEARING THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM.

IV. THE WISE MEN OF THE EAST.

V. THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT.

VI. THE SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS.

VII. JESUS AT PLAY WITH HIS SCHOOLMATES.

VIII. THE VILLAGE SCHOOL.

IX. CROWNED WITH FLOWERS.

EPILOGUE.

IV.

THE ROAD TO HIRSCHAU.

THE CONVENT OF HIRSCHAU IN THE BLACK FOREST.

THE NEIGHBORING NUNNERY.

A COVERED BRIDGE AT LUCERNE.

THE DEVIL'S BRIDGE.

THE ST. GOTHARD PASS.

AT THE FOOT OF THE ALPS.

THE INN AT GENOA.

AT SEA.

VI.

THE SCHOOL OF SALERNO.

THE FARM-HOUSE IN THE ODENWALD.

THE CASTLE OF VAUTSBERG ON THE RHINE.

EPILOGUE.

SECOND INTERLUDE MARTIN LUTHER

PART THREE THE NEW ENGLAND TRAGEDIES

GILES COREY OF THE SALEM FARMS

ACT I. THE CITADEL OF ANTIOCHUS AT JERUSALEM.

Scene I.

Scene II.

Scene III.

ACT II. THE DUNGEONS IN THE CITADEL.

Scene I.

Scene II.

ACT III. THE BATTLE-FIELD OF BETH-HORON.

ACT IV. THE OUTER COURTS OF THE TEMPLE AT JERUSALEM.

Scene I.

Scene II.

Scene III.

ACT V. THE MOUNTAINS OF ECBATANA.

Scene I.

Scene II.

MICHAEL ANGELO: A FRAGMENT

DEDICATION.

PART FIRST.

I. PROLOGUE AT ISCHIA.

MONOLOGUE: THE LAST JUDGMENT.

II. SAN SILVESTRO.

III. CARDINAL IPPOLITO.

Scene I.

Scene II.

Scene III.

IV. BORGO DELLE VERGINE AT NAPLES.

III. MICHAEL ANGELO AND BENVENUTO CELLINI.

Scene I.

Scene II.

IV. FRA SEBASTIANO DEL PIOMBO.

Scene I.

Scene II.

V. PALAZZO BELVEDERE.

VI. PALAZZO CESARINI.

II. VIGNA DI PAPA GIULIO.

V. MACELLO DE' CORVI.

VI. MICHAEL ANGELO'S STUDIO.

VII. THE OAKS OF MONTE LUCA.

VIII. THE DEAD CHRIST.

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BIRDS OF PASSAGE.

Black shadows fall
From the lindens tall,
That lift aloft their massive wall
Against the southern sky;

And from the realms
Of the shadowy elms
A tide-like darkness overwhelms
The fields that round us lie.

But the night is fair,
And everywhere
A warm, soft vapor fills the air,
And distant sounds seem near;

And above, in the light
Of the star-lit night,
Swift birds of passage wing their flight
Through the dewy atmosphere.

I hear the beat
Of their pinions fleet,
As from the land of snow and sleet
They seek a southern lea.

I hear the cry
Of their voices high
Falling dreamily through the sky,
But their forms I cannot see.

Oh, say not so!
Those sounds that flow
In murmurs of delight and woe
Come not from wings of birds.

They are the throngs
Of the poet's songs,
Murmurs of pleasures, and pains, and wrongs,
The sound of winged words.

This is the cry
Of souls, that high
On toiling, beating pinions, fly,
Seeking a warmer clime.

From their distant flight
Through realms of light
It falls into our world of night,
With the murmuring sound of rhyme.

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BIRDS OF PASSAGE.