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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 2. Interlude III.

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 2. Interlude III.

'What was the end? I am ashamed
Not to remember Reynard's fate;
I have not read the book of late;…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 2. Interlude I.

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 2. Interlude I.

'Yes, well your story pleads the cause
Of those dumb mouths that have no speech,
Only a cry from ea…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Student's Tale; The Falcon of Ser

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Student's Tale; The Falcon of Ser
Federigo

One summer morning, when the sun was hot,
Weary with labor in his…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Theologian's Tale; Torquemada

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Theologian's Tale; Torquemada

In the heroic days when Ferdinand
And Isabella ruled the Spanish land,
And Tor…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Sicilian's Tale; King Robert of Sicily

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Sicilian's Tale; King Robert of Sicily

Robert of Sicily, brother of Pope Urbane
And Valmond, Emperor of Allemaine, <…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga of King Olaf

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga of King Olaf

XXII. -- The Nun Of Nidaros
In the convent of Drontheim,
Alone in her…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga of King Olaf

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga of King Olaf

XVIII. -- King Olaf And Earl Sigvald
On the gray sea-sands
King Olaf …

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga of King Olaf

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga of King Olaf

XVI. -- Queen Thuri And The Angelica Stalks
Northward over Drontheim,

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga of King Olaf

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga of King Olaf

XIII. -- The Building Of The Long Serpent
Thorberg Skafting, master-builder, …

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga of King Olaf

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga of King Olaf

XIX. -- King Olaf's War-Horns
'Strike the sails!' King Olaf said;
'Ne…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga of King Olaf XI.

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga of King Olaf XI.
-- Bishop Sigurd At Salten Fiord

Loud the anngy wind was wailing

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga of King Olaf

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga of King Olaf

VIII. -- Gudrun
On King Olaf's bridal night
Shines the moon with tend…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga of King Olaf

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga of King Olaf

III. -- Thora Of Rimol
'Thora of Rimol! hide me! hide me!
Danger and …

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga of King Olaf IX.

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga of King Olaf IX.
-- Thangbrand The Priest

Short of stature, large of limb,
Burly f…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga of King Olaf I.

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. The Musician's Tale; The Saga of King Olaf I.
-- The Challenge Of Thor

I am the God Thor,
I am the War God,

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. Prelude; The Wayside Inn

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. Prelude; The Wayside Inn

One Autumn night, in Sudbury town,
Across the meadows bare and brown,
The windows of th…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. Interlude III.

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. Interlude III.

He ended: and a kind of spell
Upon the silent listeners fell.
His solemn manner and his words

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. Interlude V.

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. Interlude V.

A strain of music closed the tale,
A low, monotonous, funeral wail,
That with its cadence, wild and…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. Interlude I.

Tales Of A Wayside Inn : Part 1. Interlude I.

The Landlord ended thus his tale,
Then rising took down from its nail
The sword that hung there, di…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Suspiria

Suspiria


Take them, O Death! and bear away
Whatever thou canst call thine own!
Thine image, stamped upon this clay,
Doth give the…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Sundown

Sundown


The summer sun is sinking low;
Only the tree-tops redden and glow:
Only the weathercock on the spire
Of the neighboring c…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Spring. (From The French Of Charles D'Orleans. XV. Century)

Spring. (From The French Of Charles D'Orleans. XV. Century)

Gentle Spring! in sunshine clad,
Well dost thou thy power display!
For Winter maketh …

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Sound Of The Sea, The

Sound Of The Sea, The

The sea awoke at midnight from its sleep,
And round the pebbly beaches far and wide
I heard the first wave of the rising ti…

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Songo River. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Fourth)

Songo River. (Birds Of Passage. Flight The Fourth)

Nowhere such a devious stream,
Save in fancy or in dream,
Winding slow through bush and brake,…

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