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The Golden Legend
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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(They go out with ELSIE.)
Ursula, (spinning). She is a strange and wayward child,
That Elsie of ours. She looks so old,
And thoughts and fancies weird and wild
Seem of late to have taken hold
Of her heart, that was once so docile and mild! Gottlieb. She is like all girls.
Ursula. Ah no, forsooth!
Unlike all I have ever seen.
For she has visions and strange dreams,
And in all her words and ways, she seems
Much older than she is in truth.
Who would think her but fourteen?
And there has been of late such a change!
My heart is heavy with fear and doubt
That she may not live till the year is out.
She is so strange,--so strange,--so strange! Gottlieb. I am not troubled with any such fear!
She will live and thrive for many a year. ELSIE'S CHAM. . . Read More
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Community Reviews
Say what you want about Longfellow, but that man really loved boats and rhyming.
Great to rap and sing!
Then read from the treasured volume
The poem of thy choice,
And lend to the rhyme of the poet
The beauty of thy voice.
And the night shall be filled with music,
And the cares, that infest the day,
Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs,
And as silently steal away.
Hit or miss, but the hits hit hard.
A really lovely collection.
My late grandmother gave me this book of poems fifteen years ago, and I am ashamed to say that I just read it all the way through for the first time. Longfellow was one of her favorites, along with Dickinson. She starred her favorite poems, which are mine also, The Village Blacksmith and The Arrow a
Enjoyed very much. Particularly like running across well-worn phrases that I presume originated with Longfellow -- ships passing in the night, patter of little feet, into each life some rain must fall. I particularly enjoyed Miles Standish, which I somehow don't think I have ever read before.
My mom first gave me this back in college when I was totally stressed about finals. I was actually really turned off from poetry in high school; if the poems they teach don't kill you, the student's interpretations will. Somehow I always end up re-reading this every couple of months. My favorite poe