Elegiac

Elegiac by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow   Dark is the morning with mist; in the narrow mouth of the harbor Motionless lies the sea, under its curtain of cloud; Dreamily glimmer the sails of ships on

Drinking Song – Inscription For An Antique Pitcher

Drinking Song – Inscription For An Antique Pitcher by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow   Come, old friend! sit down and listen! From the pitcher, placed between us, How the waters laugh and glisten In the head

Decoration Day

Decoration Day by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow   Sleep, comrades, sleep and rest On this Field of the Grounded Arms, Where foes no more molest, Nor sentry’s shot alarms!   Ye have slept on the ground

Daybreak

Daybreak by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow   A wind came up out of the sea, And said, “O mists, make room for me.”   It hailed the ships, and cried, “Sail on, Ye mariners, the night