 I remember the gleams and glooms that dart Across the schoolboy's brain; The song and the silence in the heart, That in part are prophecies, and in part Are longings wild and vain. And the voice of that fitful song Sings on, and is never still: "A boy's...  The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Other Poems - Page 111by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1859 - 119 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Stedman, Edmund C. and Hutchinson Ellen M. - 1888 - 600 pages
...still: "A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts." 1858. The song and the silence in the heart, That in part...on, and is never still: " A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth ure long, long thoughts." There are things of which I may not speak;... | |
 | George Bancroft Griffith - American literature - 1888 - 870 pages
...murmurs still: " A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts." I remember the gleams and glooms that dart Across...the heart That in part are prophecies, and in part HENRY WADUWORTII LONGFELLOW. 99 And the voice of that fitful song Sings on, and is never still : "A... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1890 - 324 pages
...murmurs still : " A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts." I remember the gleams and glooms that dart Across the school-boy's brain ; The song and the silence ii] the heart, That in part are prophecies, and in part Are longings wild and vain. And the voice of... | |
 | Boys - 1889 - 522 pages
...to have a real and powerful influence over Boys. It is well that there are some who can say : — " I remember the gleams and glooms that dart Across...on, and is never still : A Boy's will is the wind's will And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts." The thoughts we would press home are : —... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1891 - 800 pages
...youth are long, long thoughts." I remember the gleams and glooms that dart Across the school's-boy's brain ; The song and the silence in the heart, That...Are longings wild and vain. And the voice of that fiiful song Sings on, and is never still : " A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth... | |
 | Samuel Longfellow - Authors, American - 1891 - 492 pages
...neighborhoods. • ••••• I remember the gleams and glooms that dart Across the school boy's brain ; The song and the silence in the heart, That...prophecies, and in part Are longings wild and vain. CHAPTER in. COLLEGE YEARS. 1821-1824. IN 1821 the school-boy becomes the collegian, passing successfully,... | |
 | Beatrice Whitby - 1892 - 370 pages
...to leave his presence. She retreated in good order, but it was undoubtedly a retreat. CHAPTER XIX. ' And the voice of that fitful song Sings on, and is never still ! A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.' CICELY soon threw off all pretence of delicacy,... | |
 | Mildred Cabell Watkins - American literature - 1894 - 232 pages
...for Saul." In My Lost Youth he speaks thus of his school-days : " I remember the gleams and gloams that dart Across the school-boy's brain ; The song...prophecies, and in part Are longings wild and vain." His first printed poem, The Battle of Lovell's Pond, came out in the Portland Gazette when he was thirteen.... | |
 | Sherwin Cody - Poets, American - 1899 - 264 pages
...old and the early loves Come back with a sabbath sound, as of doves In quiet neighborhoods. ****** I remember the gleams and glooms that dart Across...prophecies, and in part Are longings wild and vain. At the end of each verse comes the beautiful refrain— And the voice of that fitful song Sings on,... | |
 | Education - 1899 - 726 pages
...as he refers to " the sea-fight far away." His own youth is not so " Lost " but that he still knows The gleams and glooms that dart Across the schoolboy's...prophecies and in part Are longings wild and vain. The simplicity of his poems, and the common subjects with which they so sympathetically deal, render... | |
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