Section: «Poems»
Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings:
artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.);
a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").
The Bells Of San Blas
What say the Bells of San BlasTo the ships that southward passFrom the harbor of Mazatlan?To them it is nothing moreThan the sound of surf on the..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Belfrey Of Bruges
In the market-place of Bruges stands the belfrey old and brown;Thrice consumed and thrice rebuilded, still it watches o'er the town.As the summer..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Artist. (Sonnet I.)
Nothing the greatest artist can conceiveThat every marble block doth not confineWithin itself; and only its designThe hand that follows intellect can..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Arsenal At Springfield
This is the Arsenal. From floor to ceiling,Like a huge organ, rise the burnished arms;But front their silent pipes no anthem pealingStartles the..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Arrow And The Song
I shot an arrow into the air,It fell to earth, I knew not where;For, so swiftly it flew, the sightCould not follow it in its flight.I breathed a song..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Angler's Song
From the river's plashy bank,Where the sedge grows green and rank,And the twisted woodbine springs,Upward speeds the morning larkTo its silver cloud..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Angel And The Child. (From Jean Reboul, The Baker Of Nismes)
An angel with a radiant face,Above a cradle bent to look,Seemed his own image there to trace,As in the waters of a brook.'Dear child! who me..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Thanksgiving
When first in ancient time, from Jubal's tongueThe tuneful anthem filled the morning air,To sacred hymnings and elysian songHis music-breathing sehll..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Thangbrand The Priest
Short of stature, large of limb,Burly face and russet beard,All the women stared at him,When in Iceland he appeared."Look!" they said,With nodding..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tegner's Drapa
Heard a voice, that cried,"Balder the BeautifulIs dead, is dead!"And through the misty airPassed like the mournful cryOf sunward sailing cranes.I saw..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tales Of A Wayside Inn : The Theologian's Tale; The Legend Beautiful
'Hads't thou stayed, I must have fled!'That is what the Vision said.In his chamber all alone,Kneeling on the floor of stone,Prayed the Monk in deep..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part. 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga Of King Olaf Vi. -- The Wraith Of Odin
The guests were loud, the ale was strong,King Olaf feasted late and long;The hoary Scalds together sang;O'erhead the smoky rafters rang.Dead rides..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 3. The Theologian's Tale; Elizabeth
'Ah, how short are the days! How soon the night overtakes us!In the old country the twilight is longer; but here in the forestSuddenly comes the..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 3. The Student's Tale; Emma And Eginhard
When Alcuin taught the sons of Charlemagne,In the free schools of Aix, how kings should reign,And with them taught the children of the poorHow..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 3. The Spanish Jew's Tale; Azrael
King Solomon, before his palace gateAt evening, on the pavement tessellateWas walking with a stranger from the East,Arrayed in rich attire as for a..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 3. The Spanish Jew's Second Tale; Scanderbeg
The battle is fought and wonBy King Ladislaus, the Hun,In fire of hell and death's frost,On the day of Pentecost.And in rout before his pathFrom the..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 3. The Sicilian's Tale; The Monk Of Casal-Maggiore
Once on a time, some centuries ago,In the hot sunshine two Franciscan friarsWended their weary way, with footsteps slowBack to their convent, whose..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 3. The Poet's Tale; Charlemagne
Olger the Dane and Desiderio,King of the Lombards, on a lofty towerStood gazing northward o'er the rolling plains,League after league of harvests, to..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 3. The Musician's Tale; The Mother's Ghost
Svend Dyring he rideth adown the glade;I myself was young!There he hath wooed him so winsome a maid;Fair words gladden so many a heart.Together were..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 3. The Landlord's Tale; The Rhyme Of Sir Christopher
It was Sir Christopher Gardiner,Knight of the Holy Sepulchre,From Merry England over the sea,Who stepped upon this continentAs if his august presence..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 3. Prelude
The evening came; the golden vaneA moment in the sunset glanced,Then darkened, and then gleamed again,As from the east the moon advancedAnd touched..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 3. Interlude Vii.
Touched by the pathos of these rhymes,The Theologian said: 'All praiseBe to the ballads of old timesAnd to the bards of simple ways,Who walked with..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 3. Interlude Vi.
'Now that is after my own heart,'The Poet cried; 'one understandsYour swarthy hero Scanderbeg,Gauntlet on hand and boot on leg,And skilled in every..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 3. Interlude V.
Signor Luigi,' said the Jew,When the Sicilian's tale was told,'The were-wolf is a legend old,But the were-ass is something new,And yet for one I..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 3. Interlude Iv.
'A pleasant and a winsome tale,'The Student said, 'though somewhat paleAnd quiet in its coloring,As if it caught its tone and airFrom the gray suits..
© Henry Wadsworth Longfellow