HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW 1807-82

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THE ARROW AND THE SONG

I shot an Arrow into the air,

It fell to earth I know not where,

For so swiftly it flew, the sight

Could not follow it in its flight.

I breath'd a Song into the air,

It fell to earth, I know not where.

For who has sight so keen and strong

That it can follow the flight of a song?

Long, long afterward in an oak

I found the Arrow still unbroke;

And the Song from beginning to end

I found again in the heart of a friend.

Longfellow was an American poet and educator whose works include Paul Revere's Ride and The Song of Hiawatha. He became the most popular American poet of his day.

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